At a CVS store in a racially diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn Center, the only devices available to shoppers to measure their ...

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

The agency is proposing that device manufacturers improve their testing to including larger, more diverse sample sizes.

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

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

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 ...

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more ...

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 ...

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

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