Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a long-awaited plan aimed at improving how pulse oximeters work on people ...

Pulse oximeters help doctors evaluate a person's pulse rate and the oxygen saturation of your blood. The FDA is proposing ...

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more ...

The FDA released the guidance in response to concerns that the devices are less accurate in people with darker skin ...

New draft guidelines would increase the number of people with darker skin who should be included in clinical trials of the ...

Federal health officials are proposing changes to make sure medical devices that measure oxygen levels are working for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced its draft guidance on recommendations for studies assessing pulse oximeters to ensure the ...

Pulse oximeters are small finger-clamp devices that estimate how much oxygen is being carried in the blood. Available both over the counter and by prescription, they grew in popularity during the ...

Divided Minnesota? Not when it comes to outdoors and lottery money. Pulse oximeters helped drive racial inequities in care during the pandemic, but many devices at drugstores and online won’t be ...