Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — ...

Discover how researchers are working to improve outcomes for older burn patients and reduce the risk of mortality.

Research on charcoal pieces from ancient debris flows has shown fires and erosion have shaped Earth’s landscape for at least thousands of years. However, the rising risk of wildfires near populated ...

A mum left with third-degree burns and a permanent scar after her seven-year-old hot water bottle burst open on her lap has ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

A view of David Steiner's Malibu beach house, unburned amid rubble, has become an iconic image of the Palisades fire. (Josh Edelson / AFP/Getty Images) ...

DAR ES SALAAM: SOME 204 residents from Yombo Dovya in Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, have suffered severe skin burns after reportedly using toxic cooking oil. The victims, many of whom first ...

"Just a short period of moderate rainfall on a burn scar can lead to flash floods and debris flows," the National Weather Service said. "Rainfall that is normally absorbed by vegetation can run off ...

The Los Angeles wildfires destroyed thousands of structures across residential havens of the city. Borrowers whose homes burned down are still on the hook for monthly mortgage payments in the long ...

Patients with post-inflammatory pigmentation, atrophic scars ... skin type V. Additionally, the effectiveness of treatment varied depending on the time elapsed since the burn injury.

Lasers direct heat at small areas of scar tissue, decreasing blood supply and destroying the irregular tissue. This procedure is well-tolerated and causes few side effects, but it should only be ...

“It feels like since the Dixie fire, we’ve had even more [landslides], with a large portion of it being in the burn scar as well,” he said. A previous landslide that has been cleared by Caltrans. A ...