Measles case was a false alarm
Pediatric MMR vaccine is available at all Shelby County Public Health Clinics. (Mary Conlon/AP File)
Two weeks after announcing the first local case of measles, the Shelby County Health Department announced it has determined it not to be measles.
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Infectious Disease measlesAisling 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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