Chris O'Donnell
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Health and medicine reporter for The Tampa Bay Times and as English as fish and chips. Millwall, Celtic, Barcelona.
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https://www.tampabay.com/author/christopher-odonnell/ 22-10-2012 17:09:58
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Alzheimer’s diagnoses depend on expensive PET scans or an invasive spinal tap to extract spinal fluid. But what if you could detect the form of dementia from a simple blood test? Alzheimer's Association Global Alzheimer's Platform Foundation Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…
"It felt like the health care system was erasing her son." Some Florida long-term home care patients, including some with profound disabilities, losing Medicaid coverage. Must read from Teghan Simonton Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…
More than 25,000 women traveled to Florida for abortions over the past five years, many from Southeastern states. But with a six-week abortion ban days from becoming law, where will women with unwanted pregnancies go now? Pics by Luis Santana Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…
Full house of about 500 folk at launch of Feeding Tampa Bay’s new Causeway Center. Nonprofit describes $60 million HQ and warehouse as Tampa Bay’s “biggest ever social services project.” Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/business/…
“I did hard work all my life; I don’t understand what’s going on in this world.” Groups that serve the region’s poor say more seniors are asking for help with housing, groceries and other essentials. Important story from Siena Duncan Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/hillsboro…
“I did hard work all my life; I don’t understand what’s going on in this world.” #Florida nonprofits report a 15% increase over the past year in the number of seniors needing assistance. tampabay.com/news/hillsboro…… via Siena Duncan
Incidences of #dengue #fever confirmed in Hillsborough and Pasco county #Florida ... | #DengueVirus | #infections | #PublicHealth | #mosquito | By Chris O'Donnell via Tampa Bay Times buff.ly/4e0GnRs
Chad Gerlaugh was an inspiration to other disabled people. A paraplegic since a 1998 car accident, he drove a modified van and held down a $70k job. That all changed when he went to Morton Plant Hospital for a routine kidney stone removal. Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…
#Measles confirmed in #Miami-Dade high #school ... | #infection | #publichealth | #virus | By Chris O'Donnell via Tampa Bay Times buff.ly/jFJ6t10
As part of bankruptcy proceedings, federal judge strips control of Big Storm Brewing and Distilling Co 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. Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…
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. Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…
About 100 people gathered outside Tampa city hall to protest ICE detentions of undocumented immigrants. Tampa Bay Times
BREAKING: Clearwater businessman who gave almost $1M to Florida politicians arrested by FBI agents early Monday following an investigation into how $100 million went missing from trust funds set up for injured and disabled individuals Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…
In other news, an arrest and federal indictment unsealed today in a case involving more than $100 million prosecutors say was stolen from medical trust funds. Chris O'Donnell has covered the story from the start. Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…
BREAKING Attorney General Pamela Bondi fires attorney prosecuting $100M medical trust fund fraud case in her home town seemingly for his ties to Jan 6 prosecutions w/Dan Sullivan
Govoni victims slam Pam Bondi for political firing of lead prosecutor Chris O'Donnell Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…