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A Boston lab that produced hundreds of faulty coronavirus test results has been cleared to get back to work.

When she first spotted ads for a child DNA test marketed by the Boston company Orig3n, Katie Stoll wanted to learn more. Stoll, executive director of the Genetic Support Foundation, a nonprofit that works to increase access to genetic counseling, said she was concerned about the ethics of genetic testing for kids. She decided to buy a test and...

A Boston lab that produced hundreds of faulty COVID-19 test results is facing penalties.

A Boston-based coronavirus testing lab that counts dozens of nursing homes among its clients has been suspended by the state after it returned nearly 400 false positive tests, state officials say. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health opened an investigation in early August after it became aware of an unusually high positive rate of COVID-19 tests reported by Orig3n Laboratory,…

A Boston-based coronavirus testing lab that counts dozens of nursing homes among its clients has been suspended by the state after it returned nearly 400 false positive tests, state officials say.