H aving a baby in the NICU is a stressful time for families. Not being able to be with your baby full-time, especially when ...

Problems with pulse oximeters have been known for decades, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that the real dangers to Black ...

The former TOWIE star, 38, shared a photo of Larose in a hospital bed and told how she had been there all night long with her.

A tumor filled 80% of this 12-day-old baby’s chest. How he survived. Pulse oximeters helped drive racial inequities in care during the pandemic, but many devices at drugstores and online won’t ...

Manufacturers increasingly but still infrequently follow Food and Drug Administration guidance that recommends testing pulse oximeters on participants with a range of skin pigmentations, according to ...

In 2021, the FDA warned doctors about potential inaccuracies with oximeters after a study found the devices tended to overestimate Black patients’ oxygen levels, which could lead to delays in ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 6 issued new draft guidance to help improve the accuracy and performance of pulse oximeters that are used for medical purposes across ...

Manufacturers increasingly but still infrequently follow Food and Drug Administration guidance that recommends testing pulse oximeters on participants with a range of skin pigmentations, according to ...

Makers of medical devices that quickly measure oxygen levels in the blood would have to gather extra data to show that their products work for patients of color, under a new federal proposal ...

FDA Calls for Better Accuracy of Pulse Oximeters in People of Color By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Pulse oximeters -- those tiny devices that measure ...

(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 ...