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Christopher O’Donnell

Tampa Bay

Reporter at Tampa Bay Times

Health and medicine reporter for The Tampa Bay Times and as English as fish and chips. Millwall, Celtic, Barcelona.

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  • 2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Kimberly Leonard |Gary Fineout |Drew Dixon |Christopher O’Donnell

    most Americans agree on: Members of Congress shouldn’t be allowed to trade stocks. In today’s polarized political climate, there’s still one policy point There’s been a bipartisan group workingto ban the practice. Under current law, members are allowed to buy and sell stocks, even though they have the power to regulate companies. But they must quickly and publicly report their trades (which they don’t always do, to little consequence).

  • 1 month ago | flcourier.com | Emily Mahoney |Bethany Barnes |Christopher O’Donnell |Chris Tisch

    CLEARWATER — One person died and several passengers were injured Sunday night, April 27, after an aquatic hit-and-run crash slammed the Clear-water Ferry, a public water taxi touted for its convenience and safety, into a sandbar near the Memorial Causeway bridge. Clearwater officials announced three hours after the collision that the driver who they said fled the scene had been found by a partnering law enforcement agency.

  • 1 month ago | sacbee.com | Christopher O’Donnell

    TAMPA, Fla. - A vice president of an insurance brokerage firm and his accomplices targeted the homeless, the unemployed and those with mental health and substance abuse issues in a scheme to earn commission from fraudulent enrollments for the Affordable Care Act, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The scheme involved submitting false applications for individuals who were ineligible for subsidies offered for health insurance plans offered through the federal market place.

  • 2 months ago | ems1.com | Christopher O’Donnell

    By Christopher O’DonnellTampa Bay TimesPINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — As Pinellas County’s only Level II trauma center, Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital would be the main destination for ambulances in a major emergency event like a hurricane. But until recently, the emergency department of the city’s marque hospital only had room for four ambulances. The opening of a new ambulance bay on Friday leaves the 480-bed hospital better equipped to respond during disasters.

  • Feb 17, 2025 | miamiherald.com | Christopher O’Donnell

    TAMPA - Florida ranks last in the nation for the percentage of children who have seen a dentist in the past year. And 65 of its 67 counties have areas designated as dental deserts, where there are too few dentists to meet demand. Even when patients are within reach of dental clinics, many cannot get treated since roughly 8 in 10 Florida dentists refuse to accept Medicaid patients, a 2023 state Department of Health survey found.

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Chris O'Donnell
Chris O'Donnell @codonnell_Times
2 May 25

A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday found Leo Govoni in contempt of court after he responded to one subpoena issued in September with a financial record she described as " a complete waste of paper." Govoni faces an FBI probe too. @TB_Times https://t.co/IGGy8Gv3Ef

Chris O'Donnell
Chris O'Donnell @codonnell_Times
20 Mar 25

As part of bankruptcy proceedings, federal judge strips control of @BigStormBrewing from owner who faces an FBI investigation into his part in the bankruptcy of a nonprofit that loaned his company $100 million from medical trust funds. @TB_Times https://t.co/1AYopgVFll

Chris O'Donnell
Chris O'Donnell @codonnell_Times
5 Mar 25

RT @MicrobesInfo: #Measles confirmed in #Miami-Dade high #school ... | #infection | #publichealth | #virus | By @codonnell_Times via @TB_…