The saying "feed a cold, starve a fever" implies that eating helps when you're sick with the sniffles and fasting is beneficial for a fever. The centuries-old adage comes from the false idea that the ...

Dallewal — whose fast-unto-death continued for the 93rd consecutive day on Wednesday — reportedly developed a high fever at 103.6°F in the morning. His health has been deteriorating since Tuesday ...

Citing research that the more common average body temperature of today is actually 97.9, she mused: "Should we adjust our idealization of when a fever actually happens? I have a normal body ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 80 deaths from 413 confirmed Lassa fever cases across 11 states during Epidemiological Week 6 (February 3 to 9 ...

Three locally acquired cases of dengue fever have been reported in Townsville. Health authorities are on alert after three deaths from melioidosis in North Queensland, including two recorded in ...

The onset of fever from a bacterial infection develops rapidly and is more intense than from viral fevers. It is not unusual for temperatures to increase sharply above 103 degrees Fahrenheit.

(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Fever continued their offseason overhaul Tuesday by signing free agent forward Brianna Turner, a two-time WNBA all-defensive selection.

On December 21, 1988, one of the worst terrorist attacks on the United States occurred: the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an explosion that tragically killed 270 people, including ...