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Alisa Haushalter and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked about existing issues of health care coverage and the impact of no long-term expansion of Medicaid in Tennessee during an appearance on "Behind The Headlines."
Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris join host Eric Barnes and The Daily Memphian's Bill Dries to discuss COVID-19, including testing and medical resources available at this time for hospitals and patients. In addition, Harris talks about the social and economic impacts the novel coronavirus has had on Shelby County.
The problem is a state requirement that labs and other health care providers must report total testing and positive results to the state but only positive results to county health officials. The Daily Memphian found Baptist Memorial Health Care appears to be doing most of the testing in Shelby County. But some health providers refused to release numbers.
Confirmation numbers doubling here as model suggests, every five to seven days.
Health professionals agree social distancing is the primary strategy to bring the pandemic under control in Memphis. But there are differences on who should be tested. The civil emergency decree that goes into effect Tuesday at 6 p.m. is also a porous set of restrictions that has to rely on the public taking the potential to spread the disease seriously.
There is no combined count of how many novel coronavirus tests have been performed by the local health department and private hospitals. But the head of the health department says the number of tests isn't as important as the upward climb in those who test positive.
SCS cancels mass lunch distribution program for students because a food service worker is one of the newly confirmed cases.
Even with fourth coronavirus patient, Shelby County Health Department director said there is still no need for mass testing.
COVID-19, or coronavirus, testing has been slow and frustrating. Here's what you need to know about how it works.
The two cases of coronavirus in Shelby County were contracted after Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris remains in constant contact with staff and health department officials while on “a very important trip to a very important place.”
State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19.
Shelby County Health Department chief cites quick containment of measles outbreak several years ago as an example of how local health care partners work together for the public's welfare.
Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter assures commissioners there is oversight of Wellpath.
Former employees and one ex-inmate allege in lawsuits that Wellpath LLC is not providing satisfactory care at Shelby County facilities.
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.
Flu is spreading in Shelby County and has come early this season, meaning some could get sick more than once. Officials say it’s not too late for a flu shot.
Testing has begun at the 39 Shelby County Schools where high levels of lead were found in various water sources.
The City of Memphis has $5.6 million, most of it in federal funding, to test for and remove lead paint from up to 350 single-family homes and multi-family housing units in the city and county built before 1978.
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 Schools officials Wednesday assured county commissioners that the 60 water sources in schools with high lead levels are being addressed, while county health department officials say risk to students is minimal.
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.
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.