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First Opinion Susan Arnold

Real-time data are needed to monitor health after disasters

Health Usha Lee McFarling

FDA panel asks for improvements in pulse oximeters

Health Usha Lee McFarling and Casey Shenery

Watch: How pulse oximeters work, and why they sometimes do not

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Pulse oximeters and their inaccuracies will get FDA scrutiny. What took so long?

Health Usha Lee McFarling

‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings

Health Tech Elissa Welle

Four brain-computer interface companies you should watch (other than Neuralink)

Special Report Bob Herman, Kate Sheridan, J. Emory Parker, Adam Feuerstein and Mohana Ravindranath

Health care’s high rollers: As the pandemic raged, CEOs’ earnings surged

Special Report Jonathan Moens

Costly Alzheimer’s treatment is spreading around the world, with virtually no science to back it up

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First Opinion Tony Paquin and David Sanders

To protect the medical supply chain, ‘made in America’ will be key

Health Tech Jayne Williamson-Lee

‘Right to repair’ movement gains momentum in the tightly controlled world of medical devices

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Health Tech Usha Lee McFarling

Before making unbiased pulse oximeters, researchers need a better way to measure skin tone

Health Tech Brittany Trang

‘A constant information lag’: The troubled recall of Philips CPAP machines underscores flaws in device oversight

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

Surprise billing legal limbo & device price persuasion

Business Bob Herman

As medical device companies look to snap up Medicare dollars, potential conflicts lurk

Health Associated Press

Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in U.S.

First Opinion Klaudia Jaźwińska

Implant recipients shouldn’t be left in the dark when a device maker cuts off support

First Opinion Kushal T. Kadakia, Sanket S. Dhruva and Harlan M. Krumholz

For safety’s sake, it’s time to get medical device identifiers over the finish line

Business Bob Herman

Edwards Lifesciences chief tops list of highest-paid medical device CEOs

Health Elissa Welle

They blazed a trail by having their brains linked to computers. Now they want to help shape the field’s future

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Inaccurate pulse oximeter readings tied to less supplemental oxygen for darker-skinned ICU patients

Opinions+ Michael J. Alkire and Soumi Saha

How the U.S. can mitigate and prevent medical device shortages

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Drugmakers use monopoly tactics to thwart lower-cost generic competition for inhalers, analysis finds

Exclusive Nicholas Florko

Warren, Grassley threaten to slap FDA with a 30-day deadline for OTC hearing aid rules

Special Report Isabella Cueto

Jolting the brain’s circuits with electricity is moving from radical to almost mainstream therapy. Some crucial hurdles remain

First Opinion Kushal T. Kadakia and Harlan M. Krumholz

Reforms needed for FDA’s regulation of medical devices

Politics Nicholas Florko

Elizabeth Warren on over-the-counter hearing aids, health lobbying, and the FDA’s independence

First Opinion Christopher M. Worsham and Peter A. Kahn

Insurers should cover energy costs for prescribed medical equipment

Health Tech Isabella Cueto

A new surgical robot is smaller, nimbler, and cheaper, its maker claims. But will it be better for patients?

Health Tech Mario Aguilar

If Apple takes aim at fall-prevention, will the rest of the health system hear it?

First Opinion Margaret Goldberg

Patient advocacy groups and innovators must partner to advance new treatments

Health Tech Katie Palmer

Experts debate the value of digital coaching for type 2 diabetes

First Opinion Hilary Gentile and Sarah Cockle-Hearne

Health depends on the strength of the doctor/technology relationship

Health Tech Elizabeth Cooney

Measuring blood sugar in real time is a game changer for patients — and a health tech success story