A study of more than 4,000 patients finds that Black patients are less likely to get an accurate reading ... white patients. They had their temperatures taken by both forehead and oral ...

Forehead thermometers may not be as accurate in reading temperatures for Black ... In a sample size of 2,031 Black patients and 2,344 white patients, the oral and forehead temperatures were ...

J. Kenji López-Alt has been cooking (and explaining the science of cooking) for years, so when he says to use a meat thermometer this way, we listen.

These readings come from calibrated sensors housed inside something called a Stevenson screen—a white, slatted box ... materials can influence the temperature reading—sometimes by several ...

We’ve ranted and raved for years about the benefits of an instant-read thermometer and how using ... because the dark and white meat cook at different rates, which is why roasting a whole ...

It should also give a fast and reliable reading, so you’re not distressing the patient or taking multiple readings to find an average. To help you decide which thermometer to buy, we’ve ...