For the first time Monday the forensic nurse charged in a high profile patient abuse case faced tough questions from the prosecution. A total of 10 employees from Connecticut’s maximum security ...

During the second day of testimony in the Ayers Ratliff trial, the nurse who examined the accuser described her findings.

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 ...

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 ...

The medical forensic exam training took place recently in Cumberland. HANCOCK COUNTY — County survivors of sexual assault and those in other areas of Central Indiana now have a place nearby they can ...

The Butte-Glenn Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) released its 2026 report that details the incidence of sexual assault in ...

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, ...

Some rape victims have to travel hours to get an exam from a nurse with special training and forensic expertise. Debbie Holbrook says the same thing to every one of her patients when she meets them in ...

On August 18, 2021, Dr. Sean Dugan sent out a letter to his colleagues. He practices medicine in Redding, which had just reported its highest rates of COVID hospitalizations yet. His message began ...

RICHMOND, Va.RICHMOND, Va. — The young woman who walked into an emergency room in Milwaukee began her journey about 12 hours earlier, at a Chicago-area hospital, more than 90 miles away. She had been ...