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Liz Freeman

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Health reporter for Naples Daily News (Naples, Florida) and The USA Today Network

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Joined May 2009
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Check out this article from News-Press: Breaking news: NeoGenomics pays $9.8 million to resolve fraud probe news-press.com/story/money/c…
Breaking news: NeoGenomics pays $9.8 million to resolve fraud probe

Breaking news: NeoGenomics pays $9.8 million to resolve fraud probe

NeoGenomics pay s $9.8 million to settle allegations it offered discounted services to secure patient referrals.

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Check out this article from Naples Daily News: Worried about insurance costs? Florida top state for health care stress naplesnews.com/story/news/20…
Worried about insurance costs? Florida top state for health care stress

Worried about insurance costs? Florida top state for health care stress

Florida residents are the most stressed in the U.S. over rising health care costs and insurance premiums.

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Will Sunshine Health see job cuts tied to parent Centene reductions? naplesnews.com/story/news/lo… via @ndn
Job cuts possible at behemoth Florida health plan. Here's why.

Job cuts possible at behemoth Florida health plan. Here's why.

Healthcare giant Centene is offering voluntary buyouts to staff, raising questions about its Florida subsidiary after Congress slashes premium aid.

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Naples mayor's latest arrest sparks calls for her removal naplesnews.com/story/news/lo… via @ndn
Naples mayor's latest arrest sparks calls for her removal

Naples mayor's latest arrest sparks calls for her removal

Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann faces calls for removal or resignation after her arrest for violating probation from a DUI case.

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Which Southwest Florida senior communities are top rated? naplesnews.com/story/news/20… via @ndn
Which Southwest Florida senior communities are top rated?

Which Southwest Florida senior communities are top rated?

U.S. News & World Report rated the best senior living communities. See which ones in Southwest Florida made the list.

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Health care costs are Americans' top worry, a new poll finds naplesnews.com/story/news/20… via @ndn
Health care costs are Americans' top worry, a new poll finds

Health care costs are Americans' top worry, a new poll finds

A new Gallup poll reveals health care access and affordability is Americans' top concern, surpassing the economy and inflation.

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Is measles outbreak over in SW Florida? Not by a long shot naplesnews.com/story/news/20… via @ndn
Is measles outbreak over in SW Florida? Not by a long shot

Is measles outbreak over in SW Florida? Not by a long shot

State Health Department in Collier County still references "suspected" measles despite 66 cases since late January.

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More than 48 students at SW Florida university had measles recently naplesnews.com/story/news/lo… via @ndn
More than 48 students at SW Florida university had measles recently

More than 48 students at SW Florida university had measles recently

AMU says 48 students "beyond contagious period" and five more quarantined

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Measles at Florida campus: Physician social media influencer speaks up naplesnews.com/story/news/20… via @ndn
Measles at Florida campus: Physician social media influencer speaks up

Measles at Florida campus: Physician social media influencer speaks up

A social media influencer and ER doctor talks about measles outbreak at Ave Maria University in Florida and vaccination rates decline nationwide.

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Measles outbreak in SW Florida keeps climbing at university naplesnews.com/story/news/lo… via @ndn
Measles outbreak in SW Florida keeps climbing at university

Measles outbreak in SW Florida keeps climbing at university

The measles outbreak remains at Ave Maria University but community not out of the woods yet.

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SW Florida measles outbreak: No end in sight as cases mount naplesnews.com/story/news/20… via @ndn
SW Florida measles outbreak: No end in sight as cases mount

SW Florida measles outbreak: No end in sight as cases mount

Ave Maria University in Southwest Florida is where a measles outbreak was confirmed Jan. 29.

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Measles cases in Southwest Florida. Where is the outbreak? naplesnews.com/story/news/20… via @ndn
Measles cases in Southwest Florida. Where is the outbreak?

Measles cases in Southwest Florida. Where is the outbreak?

An Ave Maria clinic confirmed outbreak in eastern Collier County, Florida town, home to Ave Maria University

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Southwest Florida town of Ave Maria hit with measles outbreak naplesnews.com/story/news/20… via @ndn
Southwest Florida town of Ave Maria hit with measles outbreak

Southwest Florida town of Ave Maria hit with measles outbreak

Seven cases of measles reported in Florida in 2026 while national outbreak ongoing in 16 other states.

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Peak flu season has hit Southwest Florida; state at 'very high' alert naplesnews.com/story/news/lo… via @ndn
Peak flu season has hit Southwest Florida; state at 'very high' alert

Peak flu season has hit Southwest Florida; state at 'very high' alert

The CDC estimates at least 11 million illnesses so far this season:120,000 people have been hospitalized and 5,000 have died so far this flu season.

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Salmonella outbreak in U.S? State shows far higher cases in Florida naplesnews.com/story/news/lo… via ⁦@ndn⁩
Salmonella outbreak in U.S? State shows far higher cases in Florida

Salmonella outbreak in U.S? State shows far higher cases in Florida

Florida so far in December has had 391 cases of salmonella

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Retirement? Not for this 80-year-old oncology nurse in Naples naplesnews.com/story/news/lo… via ⁦@ndn⁩

Retirement? Not for this 80-year-old oncology nurse in Naples

Carolyn Paget became a registered nurse in her 50s after raising her children. She is still going strong at 80.

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Mothers can soon abandon newborns at a 'baby box' in Naples naplesnews.com/story/news/lo… via @ndn
Mothers can soon abandon newborns at a 'baby box' in Naples

Mothers can soon abandon newborns at a 'baby box' in Naples

Nonprofit offering baby boxes say it's an another option; opponents say its raises multiple risks to infants

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Mothers can soon abandon newborns at a 'baby box' in Naples naplesnews.com/story/news/lo… via @ndn
Mothers can soon abandon newborns at a 'baby box' in Naples

Mothers can soon abandon newborns at a 'baby box' in Naples

Nonprofit offering baby boxes say it's an another option; opponents say its raises multiple risks to infants

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Moorings Park ranks fourth in U.S. by Newsweek for retirement living naplesnews.com/story/news/he… via @ndn
Moorings Park ranks fourth in U.S. by Newsweek for retirement living

Moorings Park ranks fourth in U.S. by Newsweek for retirement living

36 retirement communities in Florida get Newsweek honors.

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Construction of Lee Health's new $824M hospital makes big progress news-press.com/story/news/lo… via @thenewspress
Construction of Lee Health's new $824M hospital makes big progress

Construction of Lee Health's new $824M hospital makes big progress

State-of-the art Lee Health Fort Myers hospital will replace aging Lee Memorial Hospital

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