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Lee Health announced today that they are reaching capacity in their emergency rooms and hospitals, as seasonal residents and visitors flood into the area and the area population increases.
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Quaker Oats has recalled several of its granola products, including granola bars and cereals, saying the foods could be contaminated with salmonella.Salmonella infections can cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and stomach pain, according to the Food and Drug Administration. In rare cases, the bacterial disease can be fatal.
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The Community Blood Center, an affiliate of NCH, has a critical shortage of platelets and type O negative blood.Donors are needed immediately in Collier County to ensure that lifesaving blood products are readily available for accident victims, surgical patients, and people who have cancer and blood disorders.
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With the mother of a transgender girl testifying that it would be “devastating” if the child could not get treatment, a federal judge Wednesday began a trial in a constitutional challenge to Florida restrictions on such things as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people.
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A legislative package, rolled out by Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo and two key lieutenants, calls for spending nearly $900 million to, among other things, shift patients away from emergency rooms, offset hospitals’ training costs and help doctors pay off debt.
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The Biden administration this week urged an appeals court to uphold a ruling that Florida violated federal law by blocking Medicaid coverage for transgender people seeking hormone therapy and puberty blockers.
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As the flu season progresses, 11 states are reporting a high level of illnesses. Also, the CDC says it is looking into reports of outbreaks of pneumonia in two states but doesn't believe it’s due to anything unusual.
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Southwest Floridians got to experience visual impairment during the recent White Cane Day. Lighthouse of Southwest Florida sponsored the event at Bell Tower Shopping Center in South Fort Myers.
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CVS Health is pulling from its shelves some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has been deemed ineffective by doctors and researchers.
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A federal judge Wednesday said a lawsuit challenging new Florida restrictions on treatments for transgender people will move forward as a class action.