Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. In 2022, Noha Aboelata noticed something troubling. The founding CEO ...
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday released much-anticipated testing recommendations for pulse oximeters. The draft guidance follows years of discussion about concerns that the devices can be ...
Oakland, California — The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals ...
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 ...
The Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion programs threaten to derail efforts to fix racial disparities associated with pulse oximeters — just as the federal government was ...
Reports of race, ethnicity, or skin tone occurred 320 times in 12.5% of 767 FDA summary documents that discussed pulse oximeter performance testing from 1996 to 2024, reported Kadija Ferryman, PhD, of ...
The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of ...
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 ...
Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window OAKLAND, Calif. ...