Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Two of Melbourne's COVID-19 cases have been found to be false positives — how does that happen?

News on Thursday night that two of Melbourne's most concerning cases of COVID-19 were actually false positives caused Victoria's overall case numbers to go backwards. False positives in COVID-19 tests ...
TheServerSide

False positives vs false negatives in machine learning

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The key difference between a false positive and a false negative is that a false positive ...
PMLiVE

Hidden health system costs: false positives and negatives

Decision theory sheds light on the things we don’t often pay attention to in healthcare Suppose there are screening tests available for every single disease or ailment under the sun. Now suppose, for ...
SBS

Why are some COVID test results false positives, and how common are they?

The RT-PCR test is highly specific. Even though the PCR test is highly specific, that still leaves a small chance someone who does not have the infection returns a positive test result. This is what’s ...
Couriermail

‘Stigma’: Participant in aborted UQ Covid vaccine trial still returning false positive HIV tests four years on

James, who asked to use a pseudonym due to the fear of “stigma”, says he was told the side effect would likely go away after a few months — only to discover in mid-2023 that he was still triggering ...