Yahoo

False-positive mammograms discourage women from breast cancer screening, study finds. Why it happens — and what to do.

New technologies are helping to reduce the odds of a false-positive mammogram. (Getty Images) While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going ...

New test distinguishes vaccine-induced false positives from active HIV infection

Since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was identified in 1983, roughly 91.4 million people around the world have ...
Yahoo

Are False Positve Covid Tests Common? Doctors Explain.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." TAKING A COVID-19 TEST is probably your first instinct when you wake up with a fever or sore throat or ...

Detecting antibiotic resistance more reliably: AI tool reduces false positives

Researchers at University Medicine Oldenburg have developed an AI tool that delivers fewer false-positive results than ...
CBS News

Are False Positives or Sensitive Tests Responsible For School COVID Spikes? CBS13 Investigates - Troubled State Lab

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Culver City School District has paused COVID testing after they say students got false-positive results from the state's troubled COVID-19 testing lab. Now, the El Dorado ...
Rolling Out

How false-positive mammograms may risk your health

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shed light on a concerning issue in mammogram screening behavior, women who receive false-positive results are significantly less likely ...
Healthline

Having False-Positive Mammogram Result Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk Years Later

Women who receive a false-positive mammography have a higher likelihood of developing breast cancer in the following 20 years, according to a new study. Women who had the highest risk were between 60 ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

New test may solve the specificity and false-positive problems of the PSA test for prostate cancer

The recent FDA approval of the IsoPSA blood test may represent a notable advancement in prostate cancer screening and diagnosis. Developed by Cleveland Diagnostics, the in vitro diagnostic instrument ...
Forbes

Make False Positive Reduction A New Year’s Resolution

SecOps professionals are some of the most in-demand, under pressure, and prized workers in the world — and they’re also in very short supply, with nearly 600,000 open cybersecurity positions in the ...
The New York Times

Why False Positives Merit Concern, Too

False negatives are not the only troublesome outcome of a faulty coronavirus test. By Katherine J. Wu In the high-stakes world of coronavirus testing, one mistake has taken center stage: the dreaded ...

Ventura officials report tap water safe; cite false positive result

The city received confirmation of those results on Nov. 26, and the lab said the false positive, or incorrect test result, was "due to carryover." According to the city, the lab explained that samples ...