Officials have said that pulse oximeters do not provide a reliable reading on everyone. Studies have found that the devices measure higher levels for people with dark skin. In response, the Food and ...

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

In today’s health headlines, what we learn about lead poisoning from ancient Rome. Also, putting the first bird flu death ...

Darker skin tones are typically the result of the presence of more of the pigment melanin, which can interfere with the absorption of light from the pulse oximeter. In practical terms, this means that ...

Makers of medical devices that quickly measure oxygen levels in the blood would have to gather extra data to show that their ...