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 ...

A new study has found that forehead thermometers are less accurate than oral thermometers in detecting fevers in Black people, the news arm of Emory University — Emory News Center — is reporting.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Taking someone’s temperature while social distancing isn’t easy—until now. If you’re a small business owner, healthcare worker or a concerned parent, you’ll feel better having a good thermometer on ...

As the weather cools and the holidays approach, I’m preparing for illness season: many different viruses spread during the fall and winter, especially around large indoor gatherings, according to 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, ...