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The Florida Department of Health dashboard reports 66 measles cases in Collier County and one in Lee County from the beginning of the year until Feb. 14, which is the latest data they are making public. Statewide that number for the same period is 92.

Chronic pain can affect every aspect of life. But now Lee Health is offering workshops to teach people how best to deal with it.

Every forty seconds, someone in the United States suffers a heart attack. We learn how the quick thinking of a bystander helped save one man who experienced an unexpected heart attack.

An outbreak of measles cases among students at Ave Maria University in Naples is apparently on the decline. The Mater Dei Clinic at the Collier County institution reported Friday that there had been no new testing in the last 72 hours. Additionally, the clinic reported that the last positive case reported had been on Monday, February 2.

A mutated strain of influenza is causing additional chaos during the winter flu season. The H3N2 strain is proving to have some resistance to vaccines and is leading to a surge in cases and hospitalizations.

Lee Health is distributing a community health survey for residents of Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has already seen a mild uptick as the flu season begins and is encouraging anyone who is able to secure a vaccine to prevent themselves and others.

Antonucci will serve through the end of his contract, which concludes on Sept. 30, 2026.

Lee Memorial Hospital and HealthPark Medical Center have been named to the inaugural 2026 Forbes’ Top Hospitals list. The Lee Health locations are the only Southwest Florida hospitals named.

It’s the time of year when the eggnog and festive cocktails will be running rampant through social gatherings. However, a recent Gallup poll shows that only 54-percent of US Adults say they consume alcohol.