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Survey Shows Youth Acceptance of STI Self-Collection Tests
Despite concerns about proper use and test accuracy, more than 90% of young persons would use self-collection kits.
Maine lawmaker pushes bill to establish rape kit tracking amid federal funding uncertainty
The Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault says last year, they got $90,000 in federal funding to pilot a kit tracking system in two counties. Right now, group leaders are unsure what will happen to ...
Colorado has a backlog of more than 1,400 untested sexual assault kit
CBI is hoping to send a portion of the kits to out-of-state private labs for testing, as they look to alleviate a backlog of ...
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Gov. Dunleavy proposes bill to streamline Alaska sexual assault kit tracking system
The bill would shorten processing timelines for health care providers, law enforcement and forensic testing, and ensure ...
Marty Goddard changed how we think about sexual assault. A new history looks at why you have never heard of her
The first rape kits were given to hospitals in 1978. Chicago was the testing ground. According to a Tribune article from the time, more than two dozen Cook County hospitals received the kits, courtesy ...
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The Frustrated Promise of the Rape Kit
Standardized forensic exams are a useful tool for sexual-violence investigations—or they would be if police departments ...
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‘Anti-science and anti-evidence’: More doctors pan report into Alberta’s pandemic response
AMA president Dr. Shelly Duggan, who is a critical care specialist based in Edmonton, called the report in a statement “anti-science and anti-evidence” and said if implemented the ...
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Guatemalan man convicted of rape after evidence kit tested decades later
She was then taken to Sturdy Memorial Hospital, where an evidence collection kit was performed. That kit wasn’t tested for decades, according to the DA. In 2019, the kit was sent to the ...