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Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter says lead testing in Shelby County Schools should be finished by late March and she will report on findings in April.
Testing has begun at the 39 Shelby County Schools where high levels of lead were found in various water sources.
Shelby County's Groundwater Board tabled action on Carrier Corp.'s request to release treated wastewater into the Memphis aquifer via injection wells.
The city recently received a federal grant to remove lead paint from 120 homes where low-income families live with young children. City officials consider any home built before 1978 to be at risk for lead paint because paint could deteriorate over time.
The Shelby County Commission voted Monday to transfer $80,000 to the Health Department to cover the cost to test potentially 19,000 students at 35 schools where excessive levels of lead were found in water sources.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will bring in local health department officials and a national environmental advocate to help make the case to county commissioners Wednesday to invest in transit to aid the environment.
The Shelby County Health Department will operate its Commodity Supplemental Food Program from the warehouse at 1020 S. Bellevue Blvd.
The Shelby County Health Department will offer free screenings and tests for lead exposure for students who attend Shelby County Schools where high lead levels have been detected.
FedExForum is now home to West Tennessee’s first lactation pod, purchased in June by Shelby County and installed last week at the sports and entertainment venue.
In building the new Shelby County Health Department building, Turner Construction has exceeded the county's goals for minority contractors and is on track to finish the building weeks ahead of deadline.
The Shelby County Health Department has issued a drug overdose spike alert for Aug. 30, when there were 20 suspected overdoses with three fatalities.
On Aug. 25, five people in Shelby County died from a suspected drug overdose, the largest number of people to die since the health department began tracking opioid deaths in 2018.
It's time to train for the healthyShelby 5k Run/Walk, scheduled for Sept. 1 at Shelby Farms Park.
With no positive cases of the West Nile virus in humans this summer, officials with the Shelby County Health Department believe their efforts to slow its transmission are paying off.
A review of weather statistics, electricity usage and health records for the past 50 years shows that Memphians are increasingly paying more for electricity, and experiencing more emergency department visits and deaths due to heat.
Memphis police and other authorities reached out to the community Friday with information about available resources after a dozen suspected opioid-related overdoses in a 24-hour period.
Instead of each health care system conducting its own, separate assessment of the community's greatest health needs, this year, they are coming together to provide a more comprehensive and inclusive snapshot.
Construction has begun on a new $25 million Shelby County Health Department headquarters.