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.

Individuals with darker skin tones may have difficulty using certain medical equipment according to recent studies.

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

The U.S. health regulator on Monday proposed new guidelines for widely-used blood oxygen monitoring devices to improve their ...

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more ...

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

The FDA's draft recommendations for pulse oximeters aims to include clinical studies involving at least 150 participants with ...

Manufacturers increasingly but still infrequently follow FDA guidance that recommends testing pulse oximeters on participants ...

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