You can take a temperature by using digital thermometers. But the most accurate method may differ for children and adults ...

Despite their frequency, many people misunderstand what a fever means, when it’s dangerous and how best to manage it. Here’s ...

Common knowledge says that your body temperature should be 98.6 degrees F and that a high or low body temperature signals something is wrong. But that's not quite true. In general, normal body ...

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 ...

Mike Kerrigan’s request for a single outdoor temperature highlights confusion about the “actual” and “feels like” temperatures (“Why Are There Two Temperatures?,” op-ed, Jan. 23). The feels-like one ...

Throughout history, people have had to find ways to cope with varying environmental conditions. Whether they lived in a hot or cold climate or had access to plentiful or limited water, they adapted ...