ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — An experiment has been floating around the internet showing the importance of washing your hands with soap. WTAJ Meteorologist, Christy Shields, explains the experiment and why ...

It’s common knowledge that frequent and thorough hand-washing is one of the best ways to slow the spread of germs and viruses. And yet, the general public’s hygienic habits aren’t quite up to par.

174 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 diseases. Beyond the medical ...

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