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Tiffany Pulido

  • On Women’s Equality Day, FGCU’s Softball team helped raise the walls for a single mom, Jennifer Silva, through Habitat for Humanity. Jennifer is currently sharing a bedroom with her 11-year-old son and lived her whole life in her parents’ home, but now she’s one step closer to becoming a homeowner.
  • This week: The FDA has restricted the use of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine after finding the potential risk of life-threatening blood clots. There is a shortage of baby formulas and now the Biden administration is trying to find a way to ramp up production. "The Trevor Project" survey shows that almost half of the LGBTQ group approached seriously considered attempting suicide last year
  • The TSA along with rideshare companies are doing away with mask mandates after a federal judge ruled against CDC mask mandates on public transportation. Moderna says their bivalent vaccine is stronger and longer-lasting than their original vaccine. Lucky Charms is under investigation after the FDA is made aware of online complaints.
  • News round-up: Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as she becomes the first Black female judge confirmed to the Supreme Court; prices all around have increased about 9% compared to 2021- the largest increase in decades; and Senior Nutrition Program is offering lunch to elders in four different locations around Collier County including one in Immokalee. The Immokalee site also serves a nutritious breakfast to seniors.
  • Esta semana, una nueva ley asegura el permiso de los visitantes a pacientes en centros de atención médica, y residentes en comunidades de jubilados para personas mayores. También, se prohíbe el uso de un cancerígeno que se encuentra en cloro. Finalmente, avanza una propuesta en la Cámara de Representantes limitando el costo de insulina para quienes tienen seguro médico.
  • Los Centros de David Lawerence agregan mas camas de crisis para personas que luchan control el abuso de sustancias y enfermedades mentales fuertes, y un equipo de las grandes ligas le levanta el animo a unos estudiantes despues de un empiezo de temporada deportiva frustrante
  • El evento y la subasta de automotriz en Naples recaudo $1,000,000 para ayudar a los necesitados. Ahora te puedes inscribir para una capacitación de habilidades para la vida por St. Vincent de Paul de Naples. D'Ernest Johnson, ex alumno de Immokalee High School y jugador de los NFL Cleveland Browns comparte su historia en el NBC programa TODAY.
  • Estas son las ultimas noticias de esta semana sobre el coronavirus para los residentes de Immokalee.
  • Here is this week's coronavirus news for Immokalee residents.