Nice to know I'm not the only one having this issue.
Bioware please fix your broken game!
Once, way back in one of my first run-throughs on release 1.05, this worked. Then BioWare added the bug to cause the freeze situation in the SOS quest. Since they fixed that bug, I have never been able to pick up any medicine in the Herbal Entrepreneurs quest to give to the doctor in the Broken Family quest.
I am a PC user with the Deluxe Edition of Andromeda, and even now on version 1.10, it is still a problem. I have gone through every combination I can think of to determine if it is an event sequencing issue: I have run straight through with no stopping for other quests; I have followed the Prima Game Guide instructions to the letter; I have varied conversations with the different NPCs involved; I have even changed the point when I talk to the doctor in the broken family quest. Absolutely nothing works. I guess when EA decided not provide any future DLC for the game, they also decided the game wasn't worth fixing the bugs, either. What a waste of my money. It will be a long time before I buy another game from EA.
You are right the quest running a fever never triggers. Whether a future patch will put it back into the game is anybody's guess.
BTW the broken family quest can still be finished as it is not related to the running a fever quest.
EA has officially stated there will be no further patches for ME:A, which essentially means until we get a save editor, it will not be possible to fully finish the game - and it will never be possible to complete the game without cheating. As someone who actually thoroughly enjoyed what I still hope is a first outing in Andromeda, I am appalled at the horrendous post-launch support this game has received. Please, please, please, do one final patch fixing this game to the point where it can actually be fully completed. https://www.masseffect.com/news/mass-effect-andromeda-update-from-the-studio
