House Bill 1683, which sought to end state Medicaid coverage for circumcision for children "unless there is a specific ...

Oregon laws that forbid genital cutting of girls but stay silent on male circumcision must be expanded to equally protect all children, a new lawsuit asserts. A father and son who were circumcised at ...

Background One-third of the world's men are circumcised, but little is known about possible sexual consequences of male circumcision. In Denmark (~5% circumcised), we examined associations of male ...

Thank you for publishing the March, 26, 2025 front-page article on a proposed bill to prohibit the genital mutilation of ...

The U.S. is in the midst of a five-year, $15 billion commitment to fight AIDS in developing countries. Despite that support, and billions of dollars from other sources, the AIDS pandemic continues ...

Male circumcision reduces the acquisition of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, reports a new study. These new data complement previous ...

Despite the 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement indicating that routine neonatal circumcision is not medically necessary, circumcision continues to be the most frequently ...

(JTA) — Norway will promote new legislation to “regulate ritual circumcision,” the country’s health minister said. Bent Hoie said the new legislation on non-medical circumcision of boys ...

Although the Old Testament refers to circumcision as a sign of the covenant with God, it is not laid down as a requirement in the New Testament.