Health Department pushes for HIV testing in hospital ERs
The Shelby County Health Department wants local hospitals to make HIV tests part of medical visits at emergency departments unless the patient opts out. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The Shelby County Health Department recommends local hospitals adopt the “opt-out” approach, in which an HIV test will be part of a patient’s medical visit unless they decline.
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HIV/AIDS 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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