You Might Want to Get That Checked Out ... Again

There was bad news in 2002 for anybody who had recently taken a gonorrhea test. (Well, more bad news.) Pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories Inc. recalled about 750,000 test kits believed to give false negative results. The FDA recommended that anyone who had tested negative over a period of nearly six months ask their doctor whether they should be tested a second time. The mishap carried serious potential health consequences: the disease can lead to sterility in women if left untreated. At least Abbott gave customers a refund.

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