A false positive pregnancy test result is uncommon, but it can happen. Learn how things like medications and medical conditions can cause a false positive result. If you're taking a pregnancy test, ...

The first at-home pregnancy tests weren’t developed until the late 1970s, and since then, the market has exploded and is now worth half a billion dollars. Tests no longer take two hours to produce ...

It was anything but a bundle of joy. A woman was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer after experiencing symptoms that led doctors to initially believe she was pregnant. But instead of ...

A single positive HIV viral load test often falsely identified HIV infection in people who were using long-acting cabotegravir (Apretude) for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according to results from ...

Confirmatory testing should be performed for reactive results according to the test’s labeling and professional guidelines. Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) serological tests for genital herpes may ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new study found women were less likely to return for ...

A false positive pregnancy test result is uncommon, but it can happen. Learn how things like medications and medical ...