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Monash University via Medical Xpress
In 2016, there were 87 million people diagnosed with gonorrhea, the most antibiotic resistant of all the STIs. There has been a global rise in gonorrhea rates and, until now, no one has understood why.
Monash University's Professor Kit Fairley, Director of the Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic in Australia, has presented data in Canada that indicates that a significant, and previously unrecognized, route of transmission of the bacterial infection is kissing. The data will be published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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The International Association of Forensic Nurses Nominating Committee is accepting applications for the following open positions on the Board of Directors, Nominating Committee, and Commission for Forensic Nursing Certification. Apply by July 31, 2019.
- President-Elect
- Secretary
- Director at Large (3 positions available)
- Nominating Committee Member
- CFNC Certificant Commissioner
- CFNC Association Member Commissioner
Join IAFN and the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center on Thursday, August 8, 2019 in Columbus, OH. This FREE, 1-day training covers how to recognize, identify, screen, and respond to human trafficking in a trauma-informed way. The training is intended for SANE, Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners (SAFE), or forensic nurse examiners or other health care providers who work with trafficking patients. Space is limited to 80 participants and limited travel scholarships are available. Learn more.
By becoming a member of the International Association of Forensic Nurses, you will be joining the world's largest and most prestigious network of forensic nursing professionals. Association membership gives you the resources you need to develop your practice, connect with your peers in the industry, and stay up to date on the latest research and best practices.
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An American man was exonerated July 17 for a decades-old murder he did not commit, using evidence based on DNA and a genetic family tree, the first such result using a revolutionary investigative technique.
Christopher Tapp, 43, had served 20 of his 30-year sentence for the 1996 rape and murder of Angie Dodge.
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Military.com
Child abuse and neglect within U.S. Army families continue to be significantly underreported, according to researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
New data confirms a previously published study that found only a fifth of diagnosed child maltreatment cases in active-duty Army families resulted in a substantiated report to the service's Family Advocacy Program, or FAP.
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Science Magazine
University of Zurich physician and neuroscientist Ali Jawaid has set up a study with orphanages in Pakistan to probe the disturbing possibility that the emotional trauma of separation from their parents also triggers subtle biological alterations—changes so lasting that the children might even pass them to their own offspring.
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ProPublica
ProPublica and the Anchorage Daily News reported in May that one in three Alaska communities has no local cops of any kind. In the villages where there are cops, a different problem has emerged. A first-of-its-kind investigation by the Daily News and ProPublica has found that at least 14 cities in Alaska have employed police officers whose criminal records should have prevented them from being hired under Department of Public Safety regulations.
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ReliefWeb
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women reviewed the eighth periodic report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on its implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Marie-Ange Mushobekwa, Minister for Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, introducing the report, said that the National Assembly was led by a woman, but women made up only 16 percent of the Senate, and none of the 26 provincial governors or the nine Constitutional Court judges were women.
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Elsevier via Medical Xpress
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, reveals a unique and strong association between firearm ownership and the risk of domestic homicides. For each 10 percent increase in household gun ownership rates, the findings show a significant 13 percent increased incidence of domestic firearm homicide. The homicide risk differed across victim-offender relationships, with nondomestic firearm homicide rising only two percent among firearm owners.
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FAU News Desk
While national studies have contributed to the understanding of sexting behavior among minors, the prevalence estimates are dated (prior to January 2011), and therefore, little is known about its frequency and scope on a national level in recent years.
A new study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is providing a much-needed update to what is currently known about the nature and extent of sexting among youth today.
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