COVID now looks more like other common respiratory viruses
Shelby County Health Department Director, Dr. Michelle Taylor said, “The wastewater is indicating that (COVID) cases have been rising since early June and are approaching levels that are close to what we saw this past winter.” She said free testing kits are available at all Shelby County Health Department clinics. (Greg Campbell/The Daily Memphian file)
Like many parts of the world, the Memphis area is seeing a COVID uptick. What differs now is the virus has become endemic like the flu and RSV.
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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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