One of the front-line defenses individuals have against the spread of the coronavirus can feel decidedly low-tech: hand-washing. In fact, it was 19th-century Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis who, ...

Today's Google Doodle depicts Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician and "father of infection control," widely recognized as the first person to realize the medical benefits of handwashing. The ...

Born in 1818, Semmelweis eventually went on to obtain a master’s degree in midwifery from the University of Vienna, and spent his initial tenure at the Vienna General Hospital in the mid 19th century, ...

It’s one of the best weapons in our arsenal right now against the coronavirus. Though washing our hands seems painfully obvious now, it wasn’t always that way. The importance of handwashing is thought ...

(CBS News) — There was a time in the not-too-distant past when hand-washing, even for doctors, wasn’t considered part of basic hygiene. That is, until one man sounded the alarm. You have to hand it to ...

Ignaz Semmelweis cut childbed deaths dramatically by insisting doctors wash their hands, and was mocked for it. His story explains why simple hand hygiene still protects health today and why evidence ...

March 20 (UPI) --Google is celebrating physician Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis and hand washing with a new Doodle. Semmelweis was appointed Chief Resident in the maternity clinic of Vienna General Hospital in ...

As we are all facing the coronavirus pandemic together as a global community, Google is using its platform as the most popular search engine to replace its homepage logo in nearly every country around ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. As most of us discover a new obsession with washing our hands (and some people ...

Tomorrow, March 20th, Friday, Google will be posted a hand washing video Doodle recognizing Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, widely attributed as the first person to discover the medical benefits of hand washing ...

It's one of the best weapons in our arsenal right now against the coronavirus. Other WRAL Top Stories Though washing our hands seems painfully obvious now, it wasn't always that way. The importance of ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...