George Washington's second inauguration took place in Philadelphia in March 1793. Six months later, yellow fever had ripped through America's capital city, taking 5,000 lives. How did the Founding ...

Staying hydrated, eating light foods, such as soup and saltine crackers, if you can tolerate them, and getting rest is how to break a fever fast. You can offer breast milk or formula and use a ...

The heroine of Roisín O’Donnell’s novel “Nesting” is a young mother desperate to escape her husband’s physical and emotional control. By Katie J.M. Baker Edmund White seems to hold ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. By Dwight Garner Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York ...

Kari Ferrell’s memoir is a zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery before the era of scams fully erupted. Lily Tuck’s attempt to bring to life a victim of the atrocity turns her into a ...

Michelle de Kretser’s fiercely truth-seeking narrator both acts within and reports upon the shape-shifting social and academic organisms she’s part of. Alba de Céspedes’s book, a coming-of ...

Average body temperature is around 98.6° F (37.0° C) A fever is an elevated body temperature with these readings: Rectal, Forehead or Ear temperature: 100.4° F (38.0° C) or higher Oral (mouth) ...

One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

In 1967, a team including Jean-Paul Sartre put the US ‘on trial’ for its actions in Vietnam. Clive Webb’s Vietdamned surveys their efforts ...

UN launches $6 billion appeal for 26 million people in Sudan and region DR Congo crisis: WFP condemns looting of warehouse in Bukavu after M23 rebels move in Top rights experts probe South Sudan’s ...