No parent should be taking temperatures. Because doing so is next to useless. Home thermometers are trash. The thermometer I ...

Learn more When body temperature rises, the best thermometer can accurately inform you of how severely the body is in distress. This can help confirm if you or your child are ill enough to see a ...

A parent’s hand—nature’s thermometer—did pretty well: It correctly flagged some 82 percent of children’s fevers, versus the tympanic probe’s 75 percent. Parents’ hands were more ...