Washington (AP) — Makers of medical devices that quickly measure oxygen levels in the blood would have to gather extra data to show that their products work ... apply to pulse oximeters, which ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published draft guidance aimed at improving the performance of pulse oximeters across all skin colours, following research suggesting the medical devices ...

At a CVS store in a racially diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn Center, the only devices available to shoppers to measure their blood-oxygen levels are virtually unregulated fingertip oximeters that may ...

Pulse oximeters -- those tiny devices that measure blood oxygen levels with a quick clip to your finger -- may soon get a major upgrade to ensure they work just as well for people of all skin tones.

How pulse oximeters work Pulse oximeters clamp onto a fingertip and send light beams through the finger to estimate pulse rate as well oxygen levels of the blood. A sensor on the other side of the ...

Six students at a Catholic university in Massachusetts are facing charges for allegedly enticing a man to campus using a dating app and then attacking him. Police say the students falsely told ...

(CNN) — Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the US Food and Drug Administration is proposing guidance to ...

If you use a pulse oximeter for health monitoring, know that the FDA is working to improve their accuracy for all skin tones, reducing potential risks for patients of color.