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Christopher O'Donnell

Health and Medicine Reporter

I’m a political junkie and I love literature so this job fits like a glove. But journalism wasn’t my first career. I was born and grew up in England and programmed computers for a living. I switched to reporting when I moved to Florida in 2001. I got my first break at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune after earning a journalism degree from the University of South Florida. I joined the Tampa Bay Times in 2016 after a three-year stint at the Tampa Tribune, where I covered city halls on both sides of Tampa Bay. When I’m not shouting at cable news, I love watching real football from England (alright, soccer) and riding my road bike on trails.

  1. Trustee plans to wind down St. Petersburg nonprofit that lost $100 million
    Yesterday• Health
  2. New rules on child health insurance ramp up feds legal dispute with Florida
    Yesterday• Health
  3. Tampa doctors fit device that restores arm movement to stroke victims
    March 27• Health
  5. Wimauma man, 32, killed after driving wrong way on I-75
    March 24• Breaking News
  6. Missing Tampa girl, 12, found safe
    March 24• Breaking News
  7. Hillsborough deputies investigating fatal shooting on Saturday night
    March 24• Breaking News
  8. Quikaid in St. Petersburg helps the vulnerable secure benefits
    March 22• Business
  9. Moffitt Cancer Center prepares for major workforce growth
    March 22• Business
  10. Judge names trustee to run St. Petersburg trust fund that lost $100 million
    March 22• Health
  11. Florida lawmakers want $3.5 million for clean water pipeline in Ocala
    March 8• Environment
  12. Largo hospital nurses protest understaffing they say puts patients at risk
    March 4• Health
  13. Florida knew prison well could be contaminated but let women keep drinking
    Feb. 28• Environment
  14. New name for Bayfront as Orlando Health rebrands historic hospital
    Feb. 24• Health
  15. Parents sue founder of St. Petersburg trust fund that lost $100 million
    Feb. 22• Health
  16. The founder of a St. Pete trust fund is accused of taking $100 million
    Feb. 20• Health
  17. Tampa doctors must pay $30 million after woman, 23, died from untreated ulcer
    Feb. 15• Health
  18. Successful in business, David Pizzo was a champion for the poor
    Feb. 13• Health
  19. DeSantis praises COVID-19 grand jury report, which some scientists criticize
    Feb. 10• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  20. Florida lawsuit against feds could delay expansion of child health insurance
    Feb. 5• Health
  21. Opioid sales boomed at Publix while other pharmacies settled suits
    Jan. 26• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  22. Judge lowers award against All Children’s but dismisses call for new trial
    Jan. 17• Health
  23. Moffitt must pay back $19 million to federal government for false claims
    Jan. 8• Health
  24. Florida surgeon general wants stop on COVID vaccine based on claim refuted by FDA
    Jan. 4• Health