Thermometers can provide you with important information when you get sick (or a loved one does). When a fever comes and goes can dictate when you can return to work or school, and the level of fever ...

It's important to clean a thermometer before and after using it to prevent the spread of germs. To disinfect a digital thermometer, you can use an alcohol-based wipe with at least 70% concentration, ...

Forehead thermometers may be less accurate than other thermometers, such as oral or ear thermometers. Wearing headwear beforehand or having sweat on the forehead could affect the reading. Forehead ...

As mercury thermometers are a thing of the past, you no longer have to wait several minutes to read a small red line. Instead, there are now five different types of thermometers — rectal, oral, ...

A temporal artery thermometer (TAT) measures the heat energy your body gives off in your temporal artery. It's a blood vessel that runs across the middle of your forehead. To use a temporal artery ...