What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride alongThe Weather Authority: A wet Saturday evening as storms move through Southwest Florida
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
The Weather Authority: A wet Saturday evening as storms move through Southwest Florida A rainy Saturday evening across much of southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Lee Health Touch-A-Truck event educates families on Trauma Awareness On Saturday morning, sirens were ringing to celebrate Lee Health Trauma Center’s 30 years of service and to provide the public with trauma education and prevention methods.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (CBS) CDC says bird flu viruses “pose pandemic potential,” cites major knowledge gaps Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Bay Street Yard set to open in late May A new place to hang out in Downtown Fort Myers is opening this spring.
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast Saturday afternoon will be hot and humid, with a mix of sun and clouds.
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
FORT MYERS Students affected by COVID-19 able to graduate for the first time For many young people, COVID stripped away one of their greatest rites of passage: graduation.
Deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County Authorities are at the scene of a deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County on Friday afternoon.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
The Weather Authority: A wet Saturday evening as storms move through Southwest Florida A rainy Saturday evening across much of southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Lee Health Touch-A-Truck event educates families on Trauma Awareness On Saturday morning, sirens were ringing to celebrate Lee Health Trauma Center’s 30 years of service and to provide the public with trauma education and prevention methods.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (CBS) CDC says bird flu viruses “pose pandemic potential,” cites major knowledge gaps Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Bay Street Yard set to open in late May A new place to hang out in Downtown Fort Myers is opening this spring.
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast Saturday afternoon will be hot and humid, with a mix of sun and clouds.
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
FORT MYERS Students affected by COVID-19 able to graduate for the first time For many young people, COVID stripped away one of their greatest rites of passage: graduation.
Deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County Authorities are at the scene of a deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County on Friday afternoon.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
Photo via The Fresh Market Kendra Pierson has an appetite for all the best for her growing family. She explains, “I have two boys who are 6 and 10, and so they’re really in that growing and developmental stage, so it’s important that I give them strong, healthy foods that feed their bodies.” For her, that means finding foods created without antibiotics, which have been used routinely by ranchers and farmers for decades for disease prevention. “Chicken, beef, lamb, almost any meat that you can buy, is likely to have antibiotics, unless it’s specified that it doesn’t,” says Dr. Martin Makary, a professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Critics blame use of these medicines for the rise in superbugs, and there’s some science behind their concerns. “The World Health Organization has identified antibiotic resistant organisms to be the number one future public health threat in the world,” says Dr. Makary. Dr. Makary is now calling on fellow physicians to lead the charge against antibiotics in food. He published an article in the Journal of Antibiotics about it. According to the CDC, agricultural antibiotic use is responsible for about 20% of resistant infections in humans. “We need to start blowing the whistle and saying if we don’t do something about this now, we’re going to witness an entire generation of infections that is going to be resistant to everything we have out there,” says Dr. Makary. He explains, “We are now at a crossing point where we simply cannot produce new antibiotics fast enough to keep up with the growing resistance of bugs. Pediatricians are already prescribing kids with ear infections where sometimes we have to watch the infection play out and the kids suffer with the infection because nothing that we have works anymore. The bugs are resistant in surgery. We see cases where infections of the colon can only be treated with some drastic therapies, like removing the entire colon, simply because the infection is resistant to almost everything we have or everything we have.” We called the North American Meat Institute and were told “…farmers follow strict FDA mandates when an animal is treated to ensure safety.” The organization adds: USDA testing finds “no residues of concern in meat product more than 99-percent of the time.” The Institute also tells us “it’s worth noting that the CDC has said that the number one contributor to antibiotic resistance is overuse among humans and we certainly hope that … Johns Hopkins will look even more closely at that issue.” Dr. Makary strongly disagrees and says the routine use of antibiotics in farm animals for disease prevention should be banned worldwide. “It’s time that we use the same energy we used to educate the public about smoking to talk about antibiotics and food,” explains Dr. Makary. And he says consumers can take a stand by only purchasing antibiotic-free foods. That’s what Kendra tries to do. She says, “Given a choice between the antibiotic-free and the regular meat, I’m going to always choose antibiotic-free.” The North American Meat Institute says, “Antibiotics are sometimes used in livestock production – but never in meat production.” The Institute also points out that The Center for Disease Control and Prevention report Antibiotic Resistant Threats in the United States 2013 said that the number one contributing factor to the development of antimicrobial resistance is overuse in humans, though CDC emphasized the need for good antibiotic stewardship among livestock and poultry farmers as well.