It may sound dramatic, but antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it's urgent that we change the way we prescribe and ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. Researchers in China hope to help tackle the threat with new color-changing bandages that can indicate infected wounds and ...

A 45-year-old black man shared a powerful message about inclusion on Twitter when he wrote about a band-aid that matched his skin tone. Dr. Dominique Apollon's tweets went viral last week and sparked ...

Chronic skin wounds such as pressure ulcers can become very serious if left untreated, potentially even leading to amputations. A new "smart" bandage could help, by changing color before such wounds ...

“It’s taken me 45 trips around the sun, but for the first time in my life I know what it feels like to have a ‘band-aid’ in my own skin tone,” 45-year-old Apollon wrote last week about his Tru Colour ...

In what reads like science fiction, a new study published in the journal ACS Central Science reports the development of bandages that detect the presence of bacteria in wounds and change color, ...

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. Sensing and treating bacterial infections earlier could help improve patients' ...

Every scrape, cut or boo-boo can not only hurt but can feel scary to your little ones. As much as you want to go back in time and save them from tripping on the playground, you can only soothe their ...

A smart liquid bandage glows to reveal the amount of oxygen the wound underneath is getting, and that could help doctors help us heal. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. Sensing and treating bacterial infections earlier could help improve patients' recovery, as well curb the spread of ...