KTLA

False alarm: Southern California water OK to drink, city says

They city of Ventura is backtracking after what they described as a “false positive” incorrectly indicated there was gasoline in some residents’ water supply. At about 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, officials ...
ABC7

Ventura lifts 'do not use water' order after false positive test detected gasoline in tap water

VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) -- The city of Ventura has lifted a "do not use water" order in the Pierpont neighborhood. The city says routine testing on Tuesday night detected gasoline in the tap water, but ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Teams to let users report messages wrongly flagged as threats

Microsoft says that Teams users will be able to report false-positive threat alerts triggered by messages incorrectly flagged as malicious. This new feature was first announced in September, when it ...
News Medical

Common malaria test gives too many inaccurate false-negative results

An international study published in the Malaria Journal claims that a widely used test for detecting malaria is delivering too many inaccurate false-negative results and is “not fit for purpose”. The ...
TCTMD

AI-ECG Finds STEMI Faster, Cuts False-Positive Cath Lab Activations

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Artificial intelligence-based ECG interpretation (AI-ECG) outperformed standard decision-making when it came to detecting angiographically confirmed STEMI across three primary PCI ...
Variety

Spain’s Amore Cine, Netherlands’ Baldr Board Theo Montoya’s ‘False Positive’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Two strong indie European players, Spain’s Amore Cine and the Netherlands’ Baldr Film, are boarding “False Poisitive” (“Falso Positivo”), the anticipated sophomore feature by Colombian filmmaker Theo ...
The Hill

Insurers are mailing people unsolicited Cologuard tests, and it’s a terrible idea

Editor’s note: This story was updated to clarify recommendations for colorectal cancer screening. As a gastroenterologist, the most meaningful part of my job is preventing colorectal cancer by ...
Oregonian

People’s Pharmacy: What is the rate of false positive Cologuard tests?

Q. My doctor prescribed a Cologuard test instead of a colonoscopy. No one mentioned how often Cologuard could result in false positive test results, as mine did. So, a colonoscopy was necessary after ...
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 ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

AI-Enhanced Mammograms Reduce False Negative Breast Cancer Screening Results

AI-enhanced mammograms have potential to improve breast cancer screenings, facilitating early detection and empowering women's health decisions. Mammograms, a tool used to detect breast cancer in ...
TheServerSide

The difference between precision vs. recall in machine learning

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The key difference between recall and precision is that precision accounts for false positives, ...