Pulse oximeters use light to detect blood oxygen levels—something very important when determining severity of diseases like Covid—but melanin in darker skin makes it difficult to get accurate ...

Using skin color to evaluate and score newborns does not advance health equity or promote better outcomes for patients. It advances racial bias, systemically, from a child’s first minute.

Her skin hypopigmentation (discoloration of the skin) began as a minor issue in 2022 while taking a different treatment, Lenvima with Keytruda, which resulted in vitiligo on her hands and feet.