Shelby County mayor promotes HIV testing by taking one of his own
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris waits to take an HIV test at the Shelby County Health Department on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
With HIV cases spiking in the area, Mayor Lee Harris and his team took the opportunity to advertise the Shelby County Health Department’s free, confidential walk-in testing.
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HIV/AIDS Mary Lee Harris Shelby County Health DepartmentAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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