ProPublica and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Win AHCJ Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism.

ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have been awarded for their excellence in health care journalism by the Association of Health Care Journalists. Their collaboration, "With Every Breath," won first place in the business category for exposing how Philips Respironics concealed complaints about a dangerous defect in its breathing machines. The investigation led to federal lawmakers calling for a criminal probe of Philips and the Government Accountability Office launching an inquiry into the FDA's oversight of medical device recalls. Other investigations by ProPublica also had significant impacts, such as uncovering the inner workings of health insurers and exposing the secretive world of penile enlargement. [Extracted from the article]

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