There are 6 article(s) tagged Alisa Haushalter:

• January 2021

  • Pipkin Building set up to vaccinate 80-100 per hour

    Through January, the Shelby County Health Department will be vaccinating in a drive-thru line at the Pipkin Building. 

    By Jane Roberts January 12, 2021

• October 2020

  • Health Dept.: Coronavirus numbers ‘foreshadow challenging fall’

    “The only community that is not in the red is Tate County, Mississippi,” said Shelby County Health Dept. Deputy Director David Sweat. “If you live anywhere in the Mid-South, you live in a county we determine to be at high risk of transmission.”

    By Jane Roberts October 27, 2020

• September 2020

  • Haushalter hopes COVID effort is model for other chronic city problems

    Record homicide, overdose rates are a sign of inordinate stress, the health department director says and qualify as public health issues for region.

    By Jane Roberts September 30, 2020

• July 2020

  • Health officials speak on local positivity rate, school reopenings

    Dr. Jon McCullers, a leader in the fight against COVID-19, encouraged parents and school districts to make the best individual choices when deciding on attendance for this school year.

    By Omer Yusuf July 30, 2020

  • COVID Task Force in search of ‘testing czar’

    City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen said the local COVID-19 task force is in search of a “testing czar” to look at coronavirus testing in Shelby County.

    By Omer Yusuf July 23, 2020

• May 2020

  • Haushalter: Health Department hiring can call attention to public health’s role

    Director Alisa Haushalter said hiring at the health department can call attention to public health’s role.

    By Bill Dries May 20, 2020