Over the past few decades, evidence has been mounting that the average human body temperature is not really 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Instead, most people’s baseline is a little bit cooler. The ...

Researchers in California believe dogs might be able to predict the spread of Valley fever, which has spiked nationwide, likely due to climate change. With more than a third of the contiguous U.S. in ...

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...

A low body temperature can occur when you're sick or due to environmental conditions. Here's what you need to know about low ...

New research shows feverish temperatures make it more difficult for viruses to hijack our cells. A mouse study suggests it's the heat itself that... Fever helps the body fight off viruses: But how ...