Healthcare
Our Skin and Bone investigation revealed the lengths Michael Mastromarino, a human tissue trafficking ring leader, took to steal body parts without detection.
Women who suffered serious harm and scientists who conducted research for industry offered conflicting testimony to an expert panel reviewing mesh safety.
A committee convened by France’s medical device safety authority has stopped short of calling for the total removal of textured breast implants.
The German Government has proposed legislation to create a national register to improve controls on medical implants just two months after the Implant Files was first published.
Medical tourism operators are luring patients to Africa for operations that leave them in crippling pain and with little more than WhatsApp messages for support.
More than 2,000 patients around the world say they were not warned about the potential harm related to their medical implant.
Investors have filed a class action lawsuit against breast implant manufacturer Allergan, alleging the company concealed the association between textured breast implants and a rare form of cancer.
Thirty-nine Latin American journalists from 11 media outlets participated in ICIJ’s global examination of the medical device industry and its regulators.
A quick comparison of how Europe and the United States monitor medical device safety differently – and how those differences highlight Europe’s weaknesses.
Health Canada has announced a three-pronged medical device safety overhaul in response to the Implant Files investigation.