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 ...

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 ...

The cheerily painted walls in the new medical exam room at the Kane County Child Advocacy Center are a vivid contrast to the work of helping young abuse victims that will take place within. That exam ...

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 ...

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, ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Mosaic Georgia celebrated the grand opening of its new 16,000-square-foot facility Tuesday, marking the first time in nearly 40 years that all services for sexual violence ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...