Past Contest Entries

Crimes of the Heart

Bloomberg News revealed that the death toll from cardiac stents is rising, explained how more than a million of the tiny tubes were implanted without need, and showed how they spawned a $110 billion financial bonanza that led to wanton and criminal overuse by doctors at hospitals across the country.

Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2013

Category:

  • Investigative (large)

Affiliation:

Bloomberg News

Reporter:

David Armstrong, Peter Waldman, Sydney P. Freedberg

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