The body might grow scar tissue to heal a wound, such as a: burn cut sore surgical incision External scar tissue has a structure different from that of the skin. In scar tissue, collagen proteins ...

Innovations in treating burn and trauma scars in recent years include updated laser technology, giving practitioners options ...

Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a freight train, picking up or destroying anything in their path. They can move ...

While residents in the Palisades and Eaton fire areas can use tap water for some limited purposes, the detection of a carcinogen in the systems can pose some risks.

The blaze ravaged thousands of acres. It has since been extinguished, but the burn scar remains, which poses a hazard to the area amid heavy rain. This week, an atmospheric river brought ...

As a late-winter storm brings rain to Southern California, evacuation warnings have been issued in recent wildfire burn areas.

"Heavy rain over the burn scars could trigger life-threatening and damaging flooding and debris flows," the National Weather Service said in an advisory Wednesday for a flood watch in Los Angeles ...