(CNN) — Scientists have long known that pulse oximeters are less accurate when used for people with dark skin tones – and now, a new report offers some insight into just how much more inaccurate these ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting on Tuesday to examine and discuss what an agency panel called “mounting real-world evidence” suggesting that pulse oximeter devices do not provide ...

Early in the pandemic, when COVID-19 patients were turning up at emergency rooms with dangerously low blood oxygen levels, many people rushed to add pulse oximeters to their home medicine cabinet. The ...

A medical device used to detect lower levels of oxygen in a person’s blood may be less effective for people with darker skin, and this could lead to delays in treatment and hospital admissions for ...

“It drives home the importance of understanding how we look at equity and patient care, or health equity.” The data also showed that 10.2% of Black patients had pulse oximeter readings at least 15 ...