Health department and partners offer free HIV testing
“Testing is the first step to caring for yourself, whether the results are positive or negative,” said Dr. Michelle Taylor, Shelby County Health Department director. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian file)
Of the nation’s large metropolitan areas, Memphis has the second highest rate of newly diagnosed HIV cases. Only the Miami metropolitan area has a higher rate.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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