At an emergency meeting on Wednesday about Belgium’s indictment of three Jewish circumcisers, the European Commission’s point person for fighting antisemitism warned that outlawing the custom would ...

Circumcision candidates showcase their enthusiasm and cultural pride as they perform the traditional Isonja dance at Mutoto cultural site, a precursor to the Imbalu ceremony. PHOTO/FRED WAMBEDE The ...

Lamkelo Mtyho, 22, had no known health issues when he joined his peers, wrapped in blankets and smeared in clay, for the most important ritual of his young life: the highly secretive process of ...

A two-week-old baby was hospitalized at Wolfson after contracting herpes during a circumcision involving direct oral suction. A two-week-old baby was hospitalized at Wolfson Medical Center with a ...

It’s been a bad week for circumcision. Two separate but equally tragic stories occurred almost a continent apart. In Great Britain, a six-month-old boy died a week after his circumcision, and it has ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

WASHINGTON (Gray News) - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed Thursday in a cabinet meeting that there may be a link between circumcision and autism. The health secretary stated that it was ...

According to The Associated Press, Kennedy appears to be referring to a study in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine in 2015, which looked at ritual circumcision and the risk of autism ...

As the school holidays approach, many Kenyan families are preparing their sons for initiation rites. But what if these cultural milestones trigger hidden fears instead of strength? One boy's quiet ...

The highly anticipated new Bi-Rite Market on San Francisco’s Polk Street finally has an opening date: Aug. 29, according to a news release. Customers have been hungrily anticipating the 2140 Polk St.

NEAR MOUNT ELGON, Uganda -- The dancers shook their hips to the beat of drummers who led the way, anticipating the start of mass circumcision among the Bamasaaba people of Uganda's mountainous east.

She has endured decades of vilification and professional isolation, but at the age of 72, Doctor Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni persists in her fight to end the deaths and misery from traditional circumcision ...