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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.

When you’re feeling sick and wondering whether to go to work or school, the thermometer often has the final verdict. Most people have been taught a body temperature of 98.6 Fahrenheit is normal, while ...

Normal body temperatures vary, but if your temperature is 96 and you feel sick, there might be something else going on. You may feel ill and take your temperature, assuming you have a fever. Instead, ...

Mississippi State University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. As warm-blooded animals, human beings produce heat as a byproduct of the chemical reactions that provide energy from ...