Fever

Expert explains: Why you should not try to lower fever when your child is sick

Why fever is not an enemy, how emotions affect the immune system, and what really needs to be done to get through the winter healthier.

|ByDALIA EITANI
The instinct says – to lower his fever
Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, beginning its blood-meal

Israel to target mosquitoes in effort to prevent Dengue fever

After an Israeli citizen contracted Dengue fever during a trip abroad, Israel is preparing to eliminate populations of the mosquito responsible for the disease.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, beginning its blood-meal

Israeli infected with Dengue fever after trip abroad

The Dengue virus is spread through the bite of female Asian tiger mosquitos. The virus does not spread directly between humans.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has created an app — FeverPhone — that transforms smartphones into thermometers without adding new hardware. To take someone’s temperature, the screen of a smartphone is held to a patient's forehead.

This app can turn smartphones into thermometers to detect fevers

The app is the first to use existing phone sensors and screens to estimate whether people have fevers, but needs more training data to be widely used.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Fever in babies: When should you start to worry?

Fever treatment is very age-dependent. As detailed below, in the more advanced ages, there are more solutions.

JUNE 16, 2023ByDR. LIOR WEISEL/WALLA
Mother and baby

How do I know if I have coronavirus & Who is most at risk

“We usually swab from a spot inside the nose or mouth and look for the virus there."

JULY 8, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, ZEV STUB
A medical technologist tests a respiratory panel at Northwell Health Labs, where the same test will be used on the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, after being authorized to begin semi-automated testing by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Lake Success, New York, U.S

Coronavirus Symptoms: What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

Here are the most common symptoms of the novel coronavirus

JULY 8, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A man walks past a poster covering the side of a building ahead of a 21 day lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cape Town, South Africa, March 26, 2020.