SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Santa Clara County officials announced the end to a backlog of rape test kits in the county along with an expedited forensic testing process in sexual assault cases leading to ...

National policing leaders are warning that self-swab kits may undermine evidence and victim support.

[The following article contains spoilers for Episode 7, “1:00 P.M.,” of “The Pitt” Season 2.] LOS ANGELES — The education begins almost immediately. A young woman who has just experienced a sexual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DOD employees and contractors overseas who are ineligible for the Military Health System must now seek out rape test kits at ...

This story has been corrected. KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Defense Department civilian workers and contractors stationed overseas can once again undergo rape kit exams at U.S. military medical ...

Rosalie Van Zutphen said rape was "an issue that's going unspoken" in Guernsey [BBC] A group wants to distribute self-swab ...

The prosecution’s case, all but closed since the attack in 2013, grew out of a years-long initiative to have untested sex assault kits examined for evidence. After living with a dozen years of fear ...

A Kane In Your Corner investigation has now led to permanent change for survivors of sexual assault. Moments before leaving office, outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law requiring law enforcement to ...

Colorado’s backlog of untested rape kits shot to the forefront of state attention in January, when a sexual assault survivor detailed her “real-life nightmare” to lawmakers. Miranda Gordon had been ...

The statewide network will provide an on-call certified nurse examiner to support workers at other hospitals through videoconferencing during sexual assault forensic exams. Survivors of sexual assault ...

A woman was told she would face damage to her “personal reputation … career prospects … and future opportunities” if she continued posting about Enough, Conservative MP Alicia Kearns said ...