During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, temporal or forehead thermometers became the go to for a no-contact way of checking for fevers. But now, research shows forehead thermometers are missing ...

The common cold, flu, COVID-19, and other viruses are currently circulating among us simultaneously. All of these viruses can cause miserable symptoms, but for many, a fever can be especially ...

Which forehead thermometers are best? We used to live in a time when checking someone’s temperature was only done to make sure they weren’t running too hot. Now, we live in a world where running even ...

Taking temperatures is the main way health care providers determine if a patient has a fever. Missing a possible fever could delay treatment. A study of more than 4,000 patients finds that Black ...

A new study finds that temporal thermometers -- used to measure body temperature on the forehead -- may be less accurate than oral thermometers at detecting fevers among hospitalized Black patients. A ...

Forehead thermometers are not as accurate as oral thermometers in detecting fevers among hospitalized Black patients, according to a study led by researchers at Emory University in Atlanta. The ...

Forehead thermometers take temperatures using infrared radiation. Whether the devices can pick up the radiation can be affected by something called skin emissivity. Skin emissivity is how much light, ...