Whether you have a stomachache, a wrist sprain or a chronic disease, one of the first things doctors and nurses will do at an appointment is take your temperature. A normal temperature means your body ...

For centuries, 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit was said to be the average, normal body temperature. It’s not. More recently, researchers have known normal body temperature is actually lower than 98.6 and can ...

Julie Parsonnet’s then-mother-in-law had been feeling ill, but her body temperature did not suggest a fever. It hovered at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, long regarded as the standard for normal, and never ...

A new study this week revealed that the "normal" body temperature of 98.6 degrees may not be the average human body temperature anymore. MORE HEALTH New infection control program wipes out MRSA from ...

While 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is often cited as the standard for normal body temperature, adults’ average body temperature may be closer to 97.9 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a study published Sept ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine reported that what has been known as normal body temperature has changed. We all know 98.6 to be normal, but ...

Since a common symptom of Covid-19 is a fever, some concerned folks may be taking their temperatures more often these days. If you feel panic when your thermometer beeps and reads 0.2 degree higher ...

CHICAGO — For centuries, 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit was said to be the average, normal body temperature. It’s not. More recently, researchers have known normal body temperature is actually lower than ...

Many people have heard from their parents or medical professionals that 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the average body temperature. Though normal body temperatures vary from person to person, it’s been ...

(CBS4) - You've heard of global warming. Now comes the concept of human cooling. Since 1851, we've used 98.6 as the gold standard of normal temperature. Turns out we've been chilling out each decade ...

Fever is common in the symptomatic stage of COVID-19, and as workplaces and child care spaces reopen, temperature checks are one way officials are trying to identify those sick with the coronavirus.