Investigations

With Every Breath

Millions of Breathing Machines. One Dangerous Defect

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica

PART I

Philips Kept Complaints About Dangerous Breathing Machines Secret While Company Profits Soared

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | September 27, 2023 & October 1, 2023

PART II

Millions of People Used Tainted Breathing Machines. The FDA Failed to Use Its Power to Protect Them.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | December 7, 2023

PART III

Philips Recalled Breathing Machines in 2021. Chemicals of “Concern” Found in Replacement Machines Raised New Alarm.

Contributed reporting

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | December 28, 2023

Philips recall crisis casts shadow over legacy of Respironics founder

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | December 30, 2023

We Spent a Year Investigating the Philips CPAP Recall. Here’s How We Did It.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | September 27, 2023

What You Need to Know About the Philips Respironics CPAP Recall

Contributed reporting

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | September 28, 2023

ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Have Sued the FDA for Records Related to Recalled Breathing Machines

Contributed reporting

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | September 29, 2023

Senator Calls for DOJ Action Against Philips for Keeping CPAP Machine Complaints Secret

Contributed reporting

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | October 6, 2023

U.S. Senator Expands Call for Crackdown on Philips Respironics

Contributed reporting

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | October 11, 2023

People Who Used Recalled Philips Breathing Machines Face Painful Choices

Contributed reporting

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | November 1, 2023

A Warrior's Final Battle: Louisiana's AG took on Big Tobacco. Years later, he died while fighting Philips Respironics.

Contributed reporting

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | December 7, 2023

“Unacceptable”: Senators Call on GAO to Probe FDA’s Oversight of Medical Devices, Citing Series on Philips CPAP Recall

Contributed reporting

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | December 13, 2023

Congressional Watchdog Will Launch Inquiry Into FDA Oversight of Medical Device Recalls

Contributed reporting

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | January 18, 2024

Amid Recall Crisis, Philips Agrees to Stop Selling Sleep Apnea Machines in the United States

Contributed reporting

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | January 29, 2024

Safety concerns emerge over breathing machines at another Pennsylvania medical device maker

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | March 17, 2024

After a tumultuous CPAP recall, Philips must launch new safeguards under DOJ agreement

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & ProPublica | April 7, 2024

Left to Rot

The City of Pittsburgh's Wasteland of Unsafe, Abandoned Homes

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Forgotten in Time: Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods pay the price for abandoned and decrepit homes

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 16, 2022

Left to Rot: The city of Pittsburgh's wasteland of unsafe, abandoned homes

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 5, 2023

Housing advocates wage legal battle to take over Pittsburgh's blighted properties

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 13, 2023

A landmark law that fights blight began in Pittsburgh. Decades later, housing groups are waging an intense battle.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 20, 2023

Judge issues a stay in petition to take over Pittsburgh-owned houses, a setback for housing advocacy groups

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 13, 2023

Homes in the Shadows: Out-of-state LLCs often conceal ownership of Allegheny County’s dangerous and decaying homes

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 2, 2023

City inflates prices for condemned homes

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 10, 2023

Empowered land bank battles Pittsburgh's blight

Contributed reporting

December 18, 2023

Shadow Diplomats

ProPublica & ICIJ

PART I

The Global Threat of Rogue Diplomacy

Contributed reporting

November 14, 2022

PART II

Agents of Influence: How Russia Deploys an Army of Shadow Diplomats

December 4, 2022

PART III

Shadow Diplomats Have Posed a Threat for Decades. The World’s Governments Looked the Other Way.

Contributed reporting

December 22, 2022

Pandora Papers

The Washington Post & ICIJ

The gatekeepers who open America to shell companies and secret owners

The Washington Post | April 5, 2022