It's that time of year when your kids come home with sniffles and sore throats, but when should you worry if they have a fever?

To a certain extent, fevers are the body's natural way of fighting infection, one expert says.

"Fever helps the immune system,"explained Dr. Christopher Tolcher, a pediatrician with Agoura-We...

You might think you know what a normal body temperature is, but there is no such thing.

Analyzing the age-old belief that 98.6 Fahrenheit is normal human temperature, scientists at Stanford Medicine found that your temperature is personal.

It also depends on age, sex, height and weight, and changes throughout the day.

"Most people, including many doctors, still think that ever...

Smartphones are already handy devices, but researchers have now developed an additional use for them -- to check for a fever.

An app called FeverPhone is the first ever to transform a smartphone into a personal thermometer without adding new hardware to the device, according to its developers from the University of Washington (UW).

The app uses the phone's touchscreen and repurposes...

It's not always necessary to lower a child's fever, but parents often do.

A new poll from Michigan Medicine found that about one-third of parents reach for fever-reducing medicines too quickly.

"Often parents worry about their child having a fever and want to do all they can to reduce their temperature. However, they may not be aware that in general the main reason to treat a feve...

Thermometers that read body temperature via the forehead have become a common sight throughout the pandemic, but whether they always spot a fever may depend on the color of someone's skin.

In a new study, researchers found that, similar to problems seen with