Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 9—RAINN.org DNA evidence from a crime like sexual assault can be collected from the crime scene, but it can also be collected ...

A new forensic exam site for sexual assault survivors has opened at Banner University Medical Center on Aug. 25, thanks to a $499,382 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice and a collaboration ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – A special medical exam available to survivors of sexual violence preserves lasting evidence that may aid in the prosecution of a perpetrator of sexual assault. Called a Sexual ...

What should you do if you have been raped? Seek medical attention as soon as possible after being raped or sexually assaulted. Receiving care from a sexual assault nurse examiner is ideal. They can ...

A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require private health insurance to cover forensic exams for sexual assault survivors in full. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

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 ...

Navigating what to do after being raped or sexually assaulted can be daunting, but survivors should receive medical attention as soon as possible – preferably from a specially trained sexual assault ...

In nursing school, Norah Lusk already knew she wanted to work with sexual assault survivors. She had seen how this part of the health care system was “sorely lacking” through victim-blaming, long wait ...

A bill modeled after a San Diego County pilot program that provided domestic violence victims with the kind of in-depth forensic exam that sexual assault victims receive was signed into law this week, ...

Students who have experienced sexual assault can opt to have a medical forensic exam (MFE), which is conducted by a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE). MFEs collect medical evidence for sexual ...