Honey Fights Superbugs

New Jersey-based Derma Sciences Inc. began marketing a wound dressing that uses honey to kill germs and accelerate healing. Medihoney is made from an absorbent seaweed-based material that is saturated with manuka honey. The potent kind of honey originates from the hives of bees in Australia and New Zealand. Two types of the dressings are available in North and South America through a deal with Comvita, a supplier in New Zealand that controls about 75% of the world's manuka honey supply, according to the Associated Press.