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Troy University nursing students will soon benefit from the gift of more than $40,000 worth of Exergen thermometers that will aid them in their studies and laboratory work. Dr. Shellye Vardaman, Professor in TROY’s School of Nursing who procured the donation, said the...

Frequently Asked Questions by Nursing Staff What should I do if I get an abnormally high reading? Repeat the reading with the same thermometer; a correct reading will be reproducible Repeat the reading with another Exergen TA Thermometer; 2 thermometers with the same...

TA temperature is real time temperatureJust like pulmonary artery temperature, TA temperature identifies changes in your patient’s temperature sooner than axillary, oral, or rectal temperature. Measure only exposed area Measure only the up-sideAnything covering the...

According to the World Health Organization, each year there are an estimated 1 billion cases of influenza, between 3-5 million severe cases and up to 650,000 influenza-related respiratory deaths globally. Seasonal flu vaccines must be reformulated each year to match...

Some thermometers have a memory function, recording the last few readings taken, so you can see if your temperature has gone up or down. (BestReviews) Being sick is a drag and can hinder your ability to be productive. So it's important to take the necessary steps to...

Feeling feverish is never fun; and, when you have a fever, it's likely that you want to find a way to make it disappear ASAP. According to Penn Medicine, the definition of a fever is a temporary rise in body temperature, typically in response to the body's immune...

Almost all of us have experienced it: empty offices and sniveling roommates. We are experiencing a flu epidemic in many countries. How can we relieve the symptoms, recover quickly, or perhaps even prevent getting the flu in the first place? The flu wave that is...

Winter is a peak time for children to get sick. As they spend more time indoors with other people, they’re more likely to catch and spread contagious illnesses. The common cold, croup, flu, RSV, and strep throat are just some of these offenders. Fortunately, Katie K....

Pregnant women and their developing babies are at higher risk for severe outcomes if they get Covid-19, and now a large, international review is helping to underscore how devastating those risks can be. The study draws on data from 12 studies from as many...

There is a flu wave affecting many countries. This causes many people to suffer from muscle pain, colds, and hots. Besides coughing a lot, they also have a snotty nose. Fever is one of the hallmarks of the flu. It is defined as a body temperature of 38 degrees or...

A highly contagious version of the Omicron variant — known officially as XBB.1.5 or by its subvariant nickname, Kraken — is quickly spreading in the U.S. The young subvariant was first detected in New York State in the fall. It currently makes up about 28 percent of...

Some cases have also been recorded in the UK, so what do you need to know about XBB.1.5? What is XBB.1.5?It is yet another offshoot of the globally-dominant Omicron Covid variant. Omicron has outperformed the earlier Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta coronavirus variants...

Boom of children at home from school due to the circulation of various forms of flu. A mix of flu and Covid that has put health facilities in difficulty in many regions. The flu arrived earlier than in previous years, catching many families unprepared and creating...

Across RWJBarnabas Health, we have seen a recent surge in cases of severe respiratory illness in children caused by an influx of a variety of viruses common to the fall and winter months.  Uzma N. Hasan, MD , Division Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at...

Do you frequently get fevers but don’t know what’s causing this? It can be concerning to be constantly ill without understanding the reason. Getting a fever assessment can help. This diagnostic test analyses the various factors that can cause fever to identify what’s...

Fever is a rise in body temperature above normal values and is an ally of the child because it helps eliminate the germs and viruses that are causing it When it is high, above 38°, however, it arouses concern and fear in parents. The causes of feverThe causes are very...

For the first couple of years of the pandemic, other respiratory viruses seemed to be on hiatus. (Rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, were an exception.) Social distancing measures, sharp declines in international travel, and potentially some interplay between...

For quite a few of the people interviewed for this article, the speed with which Covid vaccines were developed was truly unexpected. Ran Balicer, director of Israel’s Clalit Research Institute, encapsulated that view: “Vaccine(s) ready, tested, and launched in under a...

In the early days of the pandemic, before the new virus had a name, people who had studied coronaviruses offered reassuring predictions about the stability of the virus, which has implications for how often people might be reinfected and how frequently vaccines would...

People who study infectious diseases and who work in public health have long known a bad pandemic would one day come. They knew such an event would overwhelm hospitals, strain supply chains, and place stresses on society that we would be ill-equipped to meet....