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A medical assistant at a Massachusetts General Hospital facility is accused of assaulting a patient, according to the Suffolk DA’s office. Leonardo Hernandez, 29, has been charged with indecent ...

It’s difficult enough to walk into an emergency room after a sexual assault, and it might not take much to make a survivor reconsider that decision. For some, one fear might be that someone in their ...

PITTSBURGH — Two women filed a class action lawsuit against West Penn Hospital alleging they were secretly recorded while undressing in a hospital exam room. “This suit seeks damages for their ...

From hospital inpatient “wealth screenings” for potential donors, to digital "geofencing" cell phones in emergency rooms, the erosion of patient privacy is real. Guess who's the latest to have access ...

Visiting the emergency room at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia—or really any emergency department in the U.S.—is a long ordeal. Penn’s average wait time was clocked ...

Dr. William Kepler (from left) and Jennifer Baumstark talk with Polli Smith in the remodeled location used for forensic examinations of sexual assault victims. The Maui News / LILA FUJIMOTO photo ...

A recent work posted to the Research Square* preprint server and under consideration at Scientific Reports assessed infection control strategies for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

John Fredericks is 70, and he looks decidedly out of place in a hospital exam room decorated with Winnie the Pooh decals. “How are you feeling?” asked Dr. Wayne Franklin, a cardiologist and ...

LOS ANGELES – A man in the custody of Los Angeles police was critically wounded Saturday after being shot during a struggle with officers inside a hospital exam room. The man had been arrested by gang ...