REAL LIFE: Unlike in Hollywood where, "you get results in under an hour," crime labs can take six to nine months to test the DNA evidence in a rape kit, says Mission Health forensic nurse team ...

November 8-12 has been designated Forensic Nurses Week. During this week, NOVA honors the dedication, compassion, and commitment of forensic nurses for all that they do to provide patient-centered ...

Care by a forensic nurse examiner differs from other types of medical intervention in that patients are empowered to have total control of their hospital visits. People who fall victim to ...

TriHealth is using new technology to enhance sexual assault and domestic violence investigations, focusing on accurate ...

Changing environmental conditions are complicating the search for Lynette Hooker.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The young womanwho 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 raped, ...

Steps away from the clamor of one of the country’s busiest emergency departments, a first-of-its-kind, 24-hour medical unit in Colorado Springs strives for serenity in the treatment of patients whose ...

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 ...

When a survivor of sexual assault seeks help at a hospital, every minute counts — for both healing and justice. Yet, out of 48 hospital emergency departments in Maryland, only half have forensic ...

The program at AdventHealth Littleton will help victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and other extremely sensitive ...

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 ...