Defense Department civilian workers and contractors stationed overseas can once again undergo rape kit exams at U.S. military ...

A Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) in the Emergency Department (ED) at Aspirus Iron River Hospital is now on staff to ...

Due process is essential,” writes Brianna Wilson in an op-ed. “But so is humanity. And what Jane Doe — and so many of us — ...

People who are uninsured or part of a minority racial or ethnic group are underscreened for cervical cancer. Mailing them a self-sample kit may help.

Rape support groups have expressed “serious concerns” over self-swab “rape kits” being marketed towards university students ...

A Kansas Bureau of Investigation initiative is expected to change the state’s sexual assault evidence kit process so that ...

Two DNA experts testified Thursday that there was no conclusive evidence of an Irish fireman’s genetic material on the woman who accused him of raping her while she slept in a Boston hotel room on St.

The concept of at-home sexual assault evidence collection kits emerged in the late 2010s at the height of the Me Too movement, when companies began offering at-home SAKs marketed as a way to ...

The state reasoned that self-collection kits are challenging to admit into evidence, which often leads to further trauma of sexual assault survivors who pursue legal action. “None of the results from ...

These early kits, trademarked as the Vitullo Evidence Collection Kit, included swabs, a bag for clothes, a slide for fluid collection, a consent form to release evidence to the police, and an area ...

And in 1978, Goddard's non-profit, Citizens Committee for Victims Assistance, trademarked the design as the Vitullo Evidence Collection Kit. Adding a man's name to the box opened the right doors.