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 ...

If you or someone you know is experiencing sexual violence, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline by calling 1-800-656-HOPE (4673), visit the lifeline crisis chat at www.online.rainn.org, or ...

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 from your body, clothes and other personal belongings. You may choose ...

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, June 7, 2011 -- Medical professionals across Southern Afghanistan came to Kandahar Airfield to participate in a two-day training course to ensure medical providers are ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO — Weeks before UC Irvine opened its sexual assault forensic exam site, a student needed it. She walked into the nearest emergency room after her attack only to find out that it did not ...

If an adult is sexually assaulted in the District, one group of specially trained nurses is called upon to perform a forensic exam should the survivor wish to receive one. And sexual assault occurs ...