Ignaz Semmelweis cut childbed deaths dramatically by insisting doctors wash their hands, and was mocked for it. His story ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I use a beauty bar for hand-washing. Am I just giving the virus et al. a spa day and I need to also use a hand sanitizer? -- M.C. ANSWER: Humans like scented beauty bars, but viruses ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Everyone knows that they are supposed to wash their hands after using the toilet, but does that advice only apply when using a public toilet? Since whatever came out of the person is ...

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, ...

One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing your hands is essential to good hygiene and stopping germs from spreading. Washing your hands ...

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 ...

Washing your hands in the morning is not enough. We all need to be washing our hands multiple times a day, according to Dr. David Itkin, infectious disease expert at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

If you think the grim coronavirus death toll is causing health care workers everywhere to always wash their hands, think again. Surprisingly, the Covid pandemic may not have significantly boosted ...