Two more infants have contracted the herpes virus after undergoing an ultra-Orthodox Jewish type of circumcision, which has been linked to the spread of the potentially deadly virus to newborn boys, ...

The babies of circumcised women are more likely to be stillborn and their mothers to suffer serious problems, according to scientists. A study of almost 2,000 in south-west Nigeria looked specifically ...

The circumcision season among Kenya’s Bukusu ethnic group brings a festive atmosphere: music, food and free-flowing beer. For the uncircumcised men from other tribes in the area, however, it is not ...

While Europe increasingly questions the practice of circumcising boys, US paediatricians are about to say that the medical case for it is getting stronger. Most US adult men are circumcised, but the ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...

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An article looking at the Jewish practice of circumcision for religious reasons and some views of those who oppose it. Circumcision is an initiation rite for Jewish newborn babies. This usually takes ...