Chinese authorities are using infrared thermometers to screen people for the illness, as the devices have become synonymous with trying to contain deadly outbreaks. The devices are accurate in ...

As schools and offices reopen, we are seeing more and more requiring temperature checks to stop the spread of coronavirus. But that might not be an effective tool to contain the virus. Let’s connect ...

That’s essentially what those thermometer guns and other similar infrared body temperature measuring devices are trying to determine. You may have noticed increased use of such devices at airports and ...

William Ferguson was working as a security guard at a factory in California—until one day last month, when his employers assigned him a new job: conducting temperature checks for employees entering ...

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE – The airport worker pointed the infrared thermometer gun at my forehead and squeezed. It was impossible not to be anxious. Whatever the thermometer’s green digital readout ...