Most medical professionals agree anything over 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit is considered a fever–though anything above normal body temperature could be a sign you’re fighting off an illness, and anything ...

Wintertime can bring with it a higher incidence of colds and flu. Whether it is safe to exercise when sick is a question I’m often asked, the answer depends on the nature of the illness and several ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — No one likes getting sick and having a fever, myself included. However, not all fevers are necessarily bad. We often hear that the ...

A fever serves as your body’s sophisticated alarm system, particularly prevalent during peak illness seasons when viruses like COVID-19 and influenza circulate widely. Rather than being a standalone ...

Whether stemming from a wound, a toothache or an infection like the flu, nearly everyone has experienced the discomfort of having a fever. While fevers can be inconvenient and are sometimes a sign of ...

Perhaps our body temperature isn’t 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit — or at least not anymore. One woman, while lying down while feeling sick, posited that on TikTok. Citing research that the more common ...

Although having a fever means your body temperature is above normal, it doesn't necessarily mean you have a serious illness like COVID-19. There are many common conditions that can cause a fever, such ...

Fever is not a glitch. It is a controlled strategy run by the hypothalamus to make your body less friendly to pathogens. This video explains how cells detect temperature using TRP ion channels and how ...

Making people stand in front of a scanner to have their body temperature read can result in a large number of false negatives, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through airports and hospitals ...

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...

Sick adults and parents concerned over their children's health may have wrong ideas about what actually counts as a fever. The answer isn't as clear as many people might think and depends on a number ...