COVID now looks more like other common respiratory viruses

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 13, 2024 10:57 AM CT | Published: August 11, 2024 4:00 AM CT

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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COVID-19 Shelby County Health Department Dr. Michelle Taylor Dr. Nick Hysmith Stephen Threlkeld Dr. Shirin Mazumder
Aisling Mäki

Aisling 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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