As an American, I can’t say if it is American only. I can say 98.6°F is the commonly accepted healthy body temp. I have noticed over the last decade, nurses ch

As an American, I can’t say if it is American only. I can say 98.6°F is the commonly accepted healthy body temp. I have noticed over the last decade, nurses checking my temp are more likely to say something like “You are 97.6°F. That’s normal.”