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CMS will require suppliers of ostomy and certain other medical products to compete for Medicare contracts, and patient advocates fear the program could reduce product choices for beneficiaries.

Laurien Papa Bartuccio co-founded The Bridge for Women. It provides trauma-informed peer support for survivors of domestic abuse in Collier, Lee, Charlotte, and Hendry counties. She has also written a novel called Swing State that is based on her own experience.

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Collier County, including the Blair Visitor Center, Spurlino Foundation Discovery Center, and boardwalk, will be closed for annual maintenance from Monday, August 17 through Sunday, August 30.

Cold water swimming and plunging have gotten a lot of attention lately. Chris Ballard is here to tell us all about them.

Lee Health, the system that dominates Lee County in terms of hospitals and clinics, has abruptly announced that it is dropping United Healthcare as an in-network provider as of 2027.

You can't drive down a Florida street without seeing an e-bike—or electric bike. Jordi Fonts is an Emergency Medicine physician at Lee Health.

A new case of measles was confirmed Wednesday in Collier County. The case occurred in Immokalee and was reported by the Healthcare Network, a nonprofit organization that provides care in the area.

Jonathan Tepper was the child of Christian missionaries in Madrid at the height of the heroin epidemic there.

Nearly 300 people from all walks of life gathered at the Mount Olive A.M.E. Church in Fort Myers, Saturday, at the Rally for Hope, hosted by the group Floridians for Democracy.

Some children in your local school may use a feeding tube for nutrition. It's important that their classmates learn to accept it.