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The ongoing surge in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations largely driven by the Delta variant has resulted in an exponential increase in pediatric patients requiring treatment and hospitalization in Lee Health’s Golisano Children’s Hospital in Fort Myers. The start of a new school year, with mask wearing optional, is raising concerns among local healthcare professionals.
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Perhaps the most vulnerable victims of the opioid crisis are babies born addicted. Known as neonatal abstinence syndrome, babies born to mothers who’ve…
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The rise in opioid-related deaths in recent years has prompted Gov. Rick Scott and President Donald Trump to declare state and national emergencies.…
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I’m in a lab at Florida Gulf Coast University, talking to a 4-year-old about every photo in her mom’s camera roll. Her mom, Alana Underwood, asked Curious…
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Lee County hospitals saw a significant rise from 2013 to 2014 in the number of babies born experiencing withdrawal from narcotics like heroin and some…
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Lee Memorial Health System officials break ground Tuesday on a new Children’s Hospital at the health system’s Healthpark campus in South Fort Myers. The…
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The Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida hosts a conference Oct. 19 highlighting the long-term effects experienced by survivors of childhood…