Care by a forensic nurse examiner differs from other types of medical intervention in that patients are empowered to have total control of their hospital visits. People who fall victim to ...

In assault cases, when it’s a victim’s word against the abuser’s, medical evidence can make or break a criminal case. For decades in San Diego County, victims of sexual assault and child abuse have ...

REAL LIFE: Unlike in Hollywood where, "you get results in under an hour," crime labs can take six to nine months to test the DNA evidence in a rape kit, says Mission Health forensic nurse team ...

For the first time Monday the forensic nurse charged in a high profile patient abuse case faced tough questions from the prosecution. A total of 10 employees from Connecticut’s maximum security ...

Sexual assault survivors in rural Idaho communities will soon have more access to comprehensive care through the St. Luke's ...

Jackie Flanagan has treated more than 100 victims of sexual assault, everything from violent rape to the inappropriate touching of children. It’s not an easy job. “When I get done with a case, I am ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SEATTLE — When Leah Griffin regained consciousness in her apartment on the morning of April 10, 2014, she knew she had been ...

Since its inception in 2016, the In Power program at Howard Brown Health (HBH) has served a desperately needed role as the first in the nation designed specifically to serve LGBTQI+ survivors of ...

ROB: A PAIR OF NURSES FROM IRELAND ARE VISITING OMAHA, USING PROJECT HARMONY AS A MODEL FOR BETTER CARE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. JULIE: THEY HOPE A MULTI-PURPOSE CAMERA THAT TAKES DETAILED PHOTOS IN ...

The young woman who walked into an emergency room in Milwaukee began her journey about 12 hours earlier, at a Chicago-area hospital, more than 90 miles away. She had been raped, but there was no one ...

MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — UW-Madison students who experienced a sexual assault had one place to go in Dane County for a forensic ...