The cone-shaped tip of the tympanic thermometer uses infrared technology to measure body temperature from heat of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and the surrounding tissue. That heat is then converted to a digital reading.
HOLIDAY, Fla. â Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died Tuesday after his plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office confirmed in a press conference. The Florida Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Coast Guard, Pasco Fired Department and Pasco Sheriffâs Office all responded to the scene after a 911 call came in from a nearby residence.
A Mississippi Marine was laid to rest in Summit Saturday. Marine Lance Corporal Casey Casanova died in Iraq last Saturday along with three other marines when a missile struck their humvee. Casanova is believed to be the first Mississippi woman to lose her life to the war in Iraq. But this marine won't be remembered for how she died. She'll be remembered by how she lived.