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# Theranos patient says blood test came back with false positive for HIV
- URL: https://werd.io/theranos-patient-says-blood-test-came-back-with-false-positive/
- Published: 2021-11-18T14:48:53.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-18T14:48:53.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

“Erin Tompkins, who got her blood drawn from a Theranos device at a Walgreens in Arizona, said the test misdiagnosed her as having an HIV antibody, sending her into a panic.”

\[[Link](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/17/theranos-patient-says-blood-test-came-back-with-false-positive-for-hiv.html)\]