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, ...

New mothers say they had to undergo devastating investigations after hospitals reported their false positive drug tests to child welfare agencies shortly after they gave birth. This report is ...

Several conditions can cause a false-positive syphilis test result. However, healthcare professionals often use two different tests to diagnose a person with syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually ...

Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean ...

A case of false-positive alcohol toxicology tests believed to be linked to treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors raises concern that the widely used diabetes drugs could ...

I won't ever forget the coldness of that screen. One minute, I was clasping my newborn daughter to my chest, under the soft hospital lights of the Maternidad Ward in Cebu City, Philippines. The next ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Susan Horton had been a stay-at-home mom for almost 20 years, and now—pregnant with ...

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

The Marshall Project reports that some pregnant people in Texas hospitals were given pain killers to treat symptoms of their pregnancy only to be reported to child welfare authorities for positive ...

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, Reveal and Mother Jones. Susan Horton had been a ...