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'Normal' human body temperature is a range around 98.6 F – a physiologist explains why

  • Written by JohnEric Smith, Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University
'Normal' human body temperature is a range around 98.6 F – a physiologist explains whyA salon owner scans a customer for fever before performing a service.Bruce Bennett/Getty Images News via Getty Images

Fever is common in the symptomatic stage of COVID-19, and as workplaces andchild care spaces reopen, temperature checks are one way officials are trying to identify those sick with the coronavirus. To maintain no-contact conditions,...

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