Ulwaluko rite ends with 39 deaths in South Africa. Officials blame illegal schools; government vows reform to protect boys in ...

Three women charged over newborn’s death in female genital mutilation case - The UN estimates that about 75 per cent of women ...

The government blames criminal gangs who have set up hundreds of unregulated illegal initiation schools with untrained "medics" who botch the circumcisions ...

Three women in Gambia have been charged over the death of a one-month-old girl who underwent female genital mutilation ...

Milah U.K., a British group that protects the Jewish community's right carry out religious circumcision, said, "For a country such as Iceland, that considers itself a liberal democracy, to ban it ...

Dozens of teenagers died from infections due to botched tribal ceremony circumcisions in South Africa despite the government having set an aim for none this year ...

Routine neonatal circumcision can be a painful procedure. Although analgesia for circumcision has been studied extensively, there are few studies comparing which surgical technique may be ...

Circumcision advocates say that in the long run, a general reduction in HIV prevalence in the population will ultimately benefit women, even if some women are placed at greater risk in the short term.

Circumcision does NOT reduce sensitivity of the penis, experts say There is great debate over whether circumcision results in reduced sensitivity of the penis in later life New study suggests ...

Circumcision Saved My Life San Francisco's proposed ban on the practice could lead to more HIV infections. By Diane Cole Updated May 25, 2011 12:01 am ET ...