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 ...

Most kids "don't have the words" to say they've been sexually assaulted, says a nurse who specializes in examining children who have been sexually abused. Kids are most at risk of being sexually ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 30, 2013) -- "It's important for victims of sexual assault to know that they are safe with the medical forensic nurses," said a nurse who's a sexual assault medical ...

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 ...

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 ...

Legislation to guarantee teen victims of sexual assault the right to a forensic rape exam without parental consent failed in the Tennessee legislature last week, despite drawing strong bipartisan ...

Emily Parsons was 17 when she sat in a high school seminar and learnt about sexual assault for the first time. Two weeks later, she found herself sitting in a Melbourne hospital examination room, ...