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Thanks to the 'tripledemic,' it can be hard to find kids' fever-reducing medicines

5:00am December 03, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

Makers of products like Children's Tylenol say they're trying to keep up with big demand as RSV, flu, and COVID spread. But medical experts note that kids' fevers don't always call for medicine.

Expect to see more forehead thermometers in workplaces and airports as a way to screen people for fever, which could be a sign of COVID-19.

Coronavirus FAQs: Do Temperature Screenings Help? Can Mosquitoes Spread It?

7:39pm May 08, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

And as summer nears, the question must be asked: Is it risky from a COVID-19 standpoint to go in a swimming pool?

There's "currently no scientific evidence establishing a link between ibuprofen and worsening of COVID‑19," the European Medicines Agency advised Wednesday.

Advice From France To Avoid Ibuprofen For COVID-19 Leaves Experts Baffled

9:07pm March 18, 2020

by Maria Godoy

A weekend tweet by France's health minister suggesting ibuprofen might exacerbate COVID-19 doesn't have strong evidence behind it, say the WHO and other infectious disease doctors and researchers.

Temperatures are taken two ways at Casablanca's airport: with an infrared body scanner (left) and a handheld thermometer (right).

You Might Be Surprised When You Take Your Temperature

5:33am November 22, 2014

by Eleanor Klibanoff

Ebola has made us all obsessed with body temperature. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is normal, right? But what about 98.2? Or 99? And how high and low can you go on the thermometer and survive?