Health Department to make opioid-overdose supplies more available
“The numbers of fatal and non-fatal overdoses are much too high in Shelby County,” said Dr. Michelle Taylor, Health Department director. (Greg Campbell/The Daily Memphian file)
The vending machine, a pilot project, is part of a larger effort to increase access to harm-reduction supplies across Shelby County, which recorded 910 suspected opioid overdose-related deaths in the last two years.
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Opioid Epidemic Fentanyl Shelby County Health Department Dr. Michelle TaylorAisling 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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