Shelby County reports first case of monkeypox
This 2003 electron microscope image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP file)
Shelby County reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox on Monday, July 25, marking the 18th reported case in Tennessee.
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monkeypox CDC 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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