In some cases, fever reducers and extra fluid intake can weaken the body’s response to infection.

While fall is linked with changing leaves and crisp weather, it’s also high time for temperature fluctuations. Depending on where you live, you may spend some days bundled up in a sweater ...

But for parents who are beyond that stage, your plan of action will be easy: I will not take their temperature. No parent should be taking temperatures.

As flu season progresses, so does the chorus of advice, professional and otherwise, to drink plenty of fluids and take fever-reducing medications, like acetaminophen, ibuprofen or aspirin. These ...