A long-awaited study commissioned by the FDA has muddied the path forward on how to reduce racial bias in pulse oximeter ...

(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 ...

-One of healthcare’s most fundamental tools works less reliably for people with darker skin tones. - An Oakland clinic’s lawsuit is helping to change that in California. The pulse oximeter, a device ...

The doctors and nurses didn’t believe Tomisa Starr was having trouble breathing. Two years ago, Starr, 61, of Sacramento, California, was in the hospital for a spike in her blood pressure. She has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Real-world study looked at relationship between skin pigmentation and pulse oximeter bias in critically ill ...

Black people in the hospital are 31.9% more likely than White patients to have pulse oximeter readings that overestimate their oxygen levels by at least 4 percentage points, according to data ...