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New Florida athlete screening requirement catches hidden heart condition | Sports | winknews.com
36+ min ago (412+ words) headline: Heat Advisory from THU 11:00 AM EDT until THU 7:00 PM EDT FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) — Fifteen-year-old Jacob Mauger had played soccer since he was 8 without dizziness, fainting, or trouble breathing. A three-minute EKG screening at school in February found what…...
Florida cases of diarrhea-causing parasite nearly double; see numbers reported in each county
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (274+ words) headline: Heat Advisory from THU 11:00 AM EDT until THU 7:00 PM EDT LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) — Cases of a diarrhea-causing parasite are continuing to rise across Florida, with the number of reported infections nearly doubling in just one week, according to…...
Hegseth announces new policy to test troops for low testosterone
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (845+ words) headline: Heat Advisory from THU 11:00 AM EDT until THU 7:00 PM EDT The screenings will be conducted annually as part of service members’ required medical screenings for those 30 and older, he said. Troops under 30 can volunteer to be tested. In a…...
Voluntary recall issued for popular shampoo brand due to potential bacteria detected
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (220+ words) headline: Heat Advisory from TUE 11:00 AM EDT until TUE 7:00 PM EDT CINCINNATI, (WINK)—Kao USA Inc. issued a voluntary recall of select lots of its Oribe Serene Scalp Densifying Shampoo in the U.S. and Canada due to the detection of…...
New veterans' nursing home breaks ground in Collier County
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (210+ words) headline: Heat Advisory from TUE 11:00 AM EDT until TUE 7:00 PM EDT COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WINK)— Construction has begun on a new veterans' nursing home in Collier County. Suffolk, a construction management firm, broke ground on the facility that will serve…...
Collier sees biggest mosquito explosion in almost a decade; What you need to look for in an effective bug spray
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (430+ words) headline: Heat Advisory from FRI 11:00 AM EDT until FRI 7:00 PM EDT COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) — As mosquito control crews work to contain one of the biggest salt marsh mosquito explosions in Collier County in nine years, many people are stocking…...
Workers, families find ways to beat Southwest Florida Heat
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (663+ words) headline: Heat Advisory until THU 7:00 PM EDT headline: Severe Thunderstorm Warning from THU 6:53 PM EDT until THU 7:30 PM EDT headline: Special Weather Statement until THU 7:00 PM EDT COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) — Dangerous heat is changing the way people across Southwest…...
Publix recalls GreenWise frozen blueberries over E. coli concerns in Florida
1+ week, 3+ day ago (15+ words) WINK News - Southwest Florida...
One dead, three injuried from lightning strike on Fort Myers Beach
1+ week, 5+ day ago (164+ words) WINK News - Southwest Florida Man killed by direct lightning strike on Fort Myers Beach, three transported with various injuries The Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District is responding to a fatal lightning strike where one person was killed in the…...
Lightning survivor says the hardest scars are the ones no one can see
1+ week, 5+ day ago (560+ words) SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, (WINK) — When Sonia Chavez watches the video she recorded during a thunderstorm five years ago, she says she's watching the moment her life changed forever. The Dallas woman was standing on her apartment balcony recording the storm when…...