Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulse oximeters are more effective in white patients than in Black patients. Those in health care need to ...

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimani Toussant’s wife, an epidemiologist, brought him an article about how pulse oximeters appeared to be less accurate in people with darker skin. The small ...

The longstanding problem of pulse oximeters providing less-accurate readings for people with dark skin tones got another look Friday from a panel of experts for the US Food and Drug Administration.

Pulse oximetry is a quick and noninvasive test that measures the oxygen saturation level in your blood using a device called ...

On November 1, 2023, a contingent of 25 US state attorneys general wrote to the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to encourage the agency “to act with urgency to address the ...

Devices that measure oxygen levels in the blood don’t work as well in people with dark skin. Researchers want to change that. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly ...

More than two dozen attorneys general are urging Food and Drug Administration officials to take urgent action to address disparities in how well pulse oximeters, the fingertip devices used to monitor ...

Thinking about what to do with Masimo stock? You are not alone; this is one of those companies that always seems to keep investors on their toes. Just when you think you have it figured out, the ...

Masimo Corporation MASI recently announced the FDA clearance of its Masimo SET-powered MightySat Medical Pulse Oximeter, available Over-The-Counter (OTC) to consumers without a prescription. This ...

We’re always looking for interesting biohacks here on Hackaday, and this new research article describing a calibrated pulse oximeter for different skin tones really caught our attention. Their idea ...

Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if they are short of breath, according to new research at the Perelman School of Medicine ...

New information about the Apple Watch ban, like how permanent the solution is and when it can be lifted, has been detailed in the now published Customs order. A quiet update to the US Customs and ...