$2M in COVID funds cut from Shelby County Health Dept.

Shelby County Health Department Admits COVID-19 Funding Pulled by Trump Admin Used for 'Mpox,' 'Other Infectious Diseases' - Tennessee Star

The Director of Health in Shelby County, Tennessee, acknowledged on Thursday that pandemic-era grant money, pulled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and the Trump administration, was being used to treat diseases other than COVID-19.

$2M in COVID funds cut from Shelby County Health Dept.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Health Department has lost $2 million in federal funding as the U.S Department of Health and Human Services cuts COVID grants across the country. The Shelby County Health Director, Dr. Michelle Taylor, says she was shocked by the decision. “My immediate reaction was, what do you mean that we were supposed to stop work yesterday? In what world does that make sense?" Taylor said. Two million dollars of federal CO…