Since the start of the pandemic, the popular medical device has been indispensable for measuring oxygen in the blood, but dangerously inaccurate in patients with darker skin. Now the FDA is in the hot...
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Court Grants Health Officials Guardianship Of Baby After Parents Refuse Life-Saving Heart Surgery If Vaccinated Blood Is Used
Topline A New Zealand court has granted health officials guardianship over a six-month old infant whose parents refused life-saving heart surgery if blood “tainted” by Covid vaccination is used, accor...
Supply-Chain Snags Create Shortages Of Life-Saving Medical Supplies In U.S.
An unprecedented strain on American healthcare systems is expected to worsen. Lori Lee spends a lot of time trying to keep Connecticut’s largest health system stocked with medical supplies from IV lin...