In 1847 obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis made a simple discovery that has saved millions of lives. The Hungarian doctor was working in a hospital in Vienna, presiding over two maternity wards. While 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, ...

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 ...

As we continue to fight COVID-19, it is more important than ever to wash your hands regularly. To reinforce the point, in today’s Doodle Google honors Ignaz Semmelweis, the “father of infection ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the front-line defenses individuals have against the spread of the coronavirus can feel decidedly low-tech: hand-washing.

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 ...

Sono Luminus will release SEMMELWEIS, a new song cycle by Raymond J. Lustig with words by Matthew Doherty. Inspired by the life of physician Ignaz Semmelweis, the album features Charlotte Mundy and ...

Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis has been dead for 150 years but his simple discovery has saved countless lives in hospitals around the world - and never more so than during the coronavirus pandemic Amid the ...