Times’ readers take over this episode to share how five months of quarantine have changed life in Tampa Bay in both extraordinary and very ordinary ways. Share your own stories with us at scrapbook@tampabay.com, and we’ll add them to our Scrapbook.

Times’ readers take over this episode to share how five months of quarantine have changed life in Tampa Bay in both extraordinary and very ordinary ways. Share your own stories with us at scrapbook@tampabay.com, and we’ll add them to our Scrapbook.

Your Scrapbook: Readers share tales of pandemic life

Die-hard fans have returned to Florida’s theme parks, but coronavirus has dealt a crushing blow to this pillar of our state’s economy. Reporter Sharon Wynne takes us inside Disney, Universal and Busch Gardens’ plans to survive the pandemic.

Die-hard fans have returned to Florida’s theme parks, but coronavirus has dealt a crushing blow to this pillar of our state’s economy. Reporter Sharon Wynne takes us inside Disney, Universal and Busch Gardens’ plans to survive the pandemic.

Can Florida’s theme parks survive a pandemic?

It’s back-to-school time already! Teachers in Pinellas County and statewide are trying to block in-person classes. Plus, Times education reporters share what’s known and what questions remain about how Tampa Bay schools plan to keep kids safe this fall.

It’s back-to-school time already! Teachers in Pinellas County and statewide are trying to block in-person classes. Plus, Times education reporters share what’s known and what questions remain about how Tampa Bay schools plan to keep kids safe this fall.

How will schools protect kids from coronavirus?

Laboratories are struggling to keep pace as demand for coronavirus testing grows. Reporter Margo Snipe shares a first-hand look at getting tested, while a Tampa Bay lab director explains testing lingo and might make you reconsider taking that test.

Laboratories are struggling to keep pace as demand for coronavirus testing grows. Reporter Margo Snipe shares a first-hand look at getting tested, while a Tampa Bay lab director explains testing lingo and might make you reconsider taking that test.

No symptoms? Consider holding off on a coronavirus test

Shelter-in-place means staying home for most of us, but what if you don’t have a home? Host Austin Fast visits two Pinellas County homeless shelters to see how they’re fighting homelessness amidst the pandemic.

Shelter-in-place means staying home for most of us, but what if you don’t have a home? Host Austin Fast visits two Pinellas County homeless shelters to see how they’re fighting homelessness amidst the pandemic.

How homeless shelters cope with COVID-19

Exactly four months ago, we launched Coronavirus in Florida. What do we now know about COVID-19’s symptoms, transmission and long-term effects that we didn’t know in March? Reporter Allison Ross interviews experts to see what's changed.

Exactly four months ago, we launched Coronavirus in Florida. What do we now know about COVID-19’s symptoms, transmission and long-term effects that we didn’t know in March? Reporter Allison Ross interviews experts to see what's changed.

Our evolving knowledge of COVID-19

Florida’s making national headlines as spikes in COVID-19 cases broke records almost every day last week. Are protests to blame? Does more testing equal more cases? We spoke with epidemiologists to bust the myths around Florida’s recent coronavirus surge.

Florida’s making national headlines as spikes in COVID-19 cases broke records almost every day last week. Are protests to blame? Does more testing equal more cases? We spoke with epidemiologists to bust the myths around Florida’s recent coronavirus surge.

Mythbusters: COVID-19 edition

Everything is canceled in 2020, including LGBTQ Pride parades. St. Petersburg Pride is Florida’s largest, with 260,000 attendees throughout the weekend in 2019. Here’s how parade organizers and business owners are showing pride from a safe social dista...

Everything is canceled in 2020, including LGBTQ Pride parades. St. Petersburg Pride is Florida’s largest, with 260,000 attendees throughout the weekend in 2019. Here’s how parade organizers and business owners are showing pride from a safe social distance.

Tampa Bay celebrates LGBTQ Pride without parades

On the latest episode of the podcast, host Allison Graves talks with Tampa Bay Times food critic Helen Freund about the current state of the restaurant industry in Tampa Bay — one month after reopening.

On the latest episode of the podcast, host Allison Graves talks with Tampa Bay Times food critic Helen Freund about the current state of the restaurant industry in Tampa Bay — one month after reopening.

Tampa Bay restaurants brace for an uncertain summer

The new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been confirmed in Florida. The Tampa Bay Times is sharing the facts behind the spread of the virus, including what you should do to prepare, information on treatment, and what could happen next.

The new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been confirmed in Florida. The Tampa Bay Times is sharing the facts behind the spread of the virus, including what you should do to prepare, information on treatment, and what could happen next.

Coronavirus in Florida

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