Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer based in Italy. I was a few days into my journey through one of the world's vastly ...

Jessica is a former writer and editor at Forbes Health with over a decade of experience in both lifestyle and clinical health topics. Before Forbes Health, Jessica was an editor for Healthline Media, ...

7 Things Every Home First Aid Kit Should Have (But Often Doesn’t) A first aid kit is something we all hide in a cupboard or drawer, and we don’t think about until we need it. But when the emergency ...

Airplane passengers have fainted, thrown up their breakfast, broken bones and suffered heart attacks. One woman even gave birth to twins — one in the air and the other on land. Recently, a passenger ...

From half-used gauze rolls to expired antibiotic ointments, most American first aid kits have one thing in common: They’re woefully out of date. These kits are meant to be our go-to solution for minor ...

Gabriele Meldaikyte color-coded the safety basics and made supplies easy to use when you’re actually wounded. Gabriele Meldaikyte spent the past year studying a ubiquitous affliction that she calls ...

There’s a lot to consider when buying a first-aid kit— should you get the bigger, more expensive one for your camping trip or do you really need all that stuff? Dr. AJ Wheeler is from St. John’s ...

If you become injured or sick while hiking, your first aid kit’s only job is to get you out of the backcountry safely. You need to be comfortable enough to finish your trip, or capable of getting to a ...