The FDA's emergency use authorizations in early 2020 remain mostly in effect, creating potential risks to patient safety. The COVID-19 pandemic is well over 18 months old, yet medical devices that ...

Racial biases continue to be exposed in medical devices clinicians commonly use to evaluate patients. From thermometers to oximeters to X-rays, people of color receive the most inconsistent ...

Recalls of home-based medical devices and defective single-use devices are the top two concerns on the Pennsylvania-based non-profit's top 10 technology hazards for 2023.

About one-fourth of U.S. hospitals now clean and reuse single-use devices such as surgical scissors, pulse oximeter sensors, ultrasound catheters, and compression sleeves, raising concerns about ...

According to cybersecurity firm Sensato, there is an average of 6.2 vulnerabilities per medical device, and the FDA has issued recalls for such critical devices as pacemakers and insulin pumps ...

A hospital or medical clinic might be the last place you'd expect to pick up a nasty infection, but approximately 1.7 million Americans do each year, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths from ...

One of those commands forces the device to use an older version of the protocol — which is still present in the devices to ensure backwards compatibility, said Luz. Worse, none of the commands ...

FDA looking into dental device after joint CBS News-KHN investigation 05:27. In the wake of a CBS News-KHN investigation, the FDA on Thursday said it is "evaluating safety concerns" over the use ...