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Trump's anti-DEI initiatives could hamper pulse oximeter research, doctors worry
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 ...NBC News - 2d -
The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t know about
Problems with pulse oximeters have been known for decades, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that the real dangers to Black patients became clear.NBC News - Jan. 19 -
Researchers working to make pulse oximeters work better on all skin colors
Researchers from UCSF are leading an effort to find out which pulse oximeters work equally well on all skin colors. NBC News' Erika Edwards reports.NBC News - Jan. 19 -
Walker's mountain rescue hampered by parked cars
Rescue teams say access to an injured walker was delayed by cars "parked and abandoned" on the route.BBC News - Jan. 12 -
Water tanks went dry in Pacific Palisades, hampering efforts to fight fire
Demand for water to fight the Palisades Fire led all three of the area's water tanks and some fire hydrants to temporarily dry up in the last roughly 24 hours.NBC News - Jan. 9 -
New FDA guidance aims to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people of color
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more clinical data to show the devices accurately work across a range of skin ...The Hill - Jan. 6 -
Climate change is hampering US apple quality and output: Study
Many of the nation's biggest apple-generating regions are confronting challenges in crop growth and development, due to the impacts of a changing climate, a new study has found. While apple ...The Hill - Jan. 6 -
Phantom data centers: What they are (or aren’t) and why they’re hampering the true promise of AI
So-called fake data centers are a bottleneck to scaling infrastructure to keep up with compute demand for AI and other critical workloads.VentureBeat - Jan. 4