There are 3 article(s) tagged Ralph Alvarado:

• July 2025

  • Tennessee Department of Health commissioner steps down

    Gov. Bill Lee has appointed the Tennessee State Epidemiologist as interim commissioner, effective immediately.

    By Aisling Mäki July 11, 2025

• April 2025

  • Tennessee commissioner wants to ‘depoliticize’ public health policy

    Dr. Ralph Alvarado, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health, touched on everything from vaccines to fluoride to health disparities during a presentation at the University of Memphis on Friday, March 28.

    By Aisling Mäki April 01, 2025

• February 2023

  • Lee Harris urges governor to reverse rejection of HIV prevention funds

    According to the Shelby County Health Department, nearly 7,000 residents were living with HIV as of 2021, and the county ranks third nationally in incidence rates of new HIV cases. 

    By Aisling Mäki February 15, 2023