Health Department loses $2 million in federal funding
“Normally, with grants like this, there’s a glide path, and we would know six months or a year ahead that this money is ending,” Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor said. “We would have time to plan.” (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Dr. Michelle Taylor, the head of the Shelby County Health Department, said her organization was jolted by how abruptly the funding was rescinded.
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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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