(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 ...

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 ...

Among the wonders medical science has come up with over the past 150 years, the simple act of hand-washing ranks high. There was a time when it wasn’t so. We have Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis to thank for ...

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Never before has the public health mantra “wash your hands” been so important. In the age of COVID-19, it has become our first line of defense against the new coronavirus. For this, we can thank Ignaz ...

ONE hundred and seventy-four years ago in the city of Vienna, a young Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis stumbled across a link between pathogens on the hand and the spread of communicable ...

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People were dying, and only one man knew why. He was brilliant but unpopular, and therefore fated to be rejected even though he had reason and righteousness on his side. Like so many historic geniuses ...