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 ...

MEDIA – Family Support Line received $100,000 in state funding so that the program can install a medical suite on site to perform pediatric medical exams. The funding was made possible through state ...

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 ...

When a victim of sexual assault, child abuse or domestic violence arrives at an East Idaho hospital, one of the most ...

In the setting of a forensic examination following rape, colposcopy allows practitioners to identify and photograph genital injury not readily visible to the unaided eye, thereby clarifying the ...

Sexual assault is a traumatic event that affects people in different ways, both mentally and physically. So doctors and nurses know care immediately after an assault needs to be understanding, ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — DHR Health on Wednesday announced the launch of Medical Forensic Exam Services at DHR Health Brownsville Hospital. These exams, according to DHR Health, will be ...

The newly-opened Child Advocacy Center of San Luis Obispo County will give child victims of abuse a space to participate in a forensic medical exam administered by a Health Agency doctor or nurse 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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The I’m Safe Child Advocacy Center is expanding services to provide around-the-clock forensic exams for children in Ionia and Montcalm counties, an area that typically does not ...

New York policy regarding forensic evaluations of the parties and their children in custody cases has evolved slowly since the 1960s when traditional adversary procedure was adapted in Kesseler v.