When his pregnant wife first challenged circumcising their son, Mike Wallach had a gut reaction: “That’s what we do: We’re Jews!” But doubts about whether the surgery was medically necessary and ...

Mississippi awarded more than $104 million in federal rural health grants across 167 projects. Where the money goes and why rural access matters. Rural Virginia Paramedics Make Home Visits to Cut ...

Galen and Hippocrates depicted in a 12th century mural/ Wikimedia Commons. The tradition of metzitzah b’peh goes back to biblical times but has created a modern-day dilemma for religiously observant ...

Super-duper Orthodox Jewish leaders in New York are bristling under the Health Department’s plan to mandate a parental consent form before rabbis perform the ancient circumcision ritual called ...

Music, dance, drama and poetry are important elements of ritual in African societies. Imbalu, the centuries-old circumcision ritual of Uganda's Bagisu people, is no different. When Bagisu boys between ...

AUSTIN, EEUU, 26 oct (Reuters) - El director de Mercedes F1, Toto Wolff, defendió las futuras opciones de éxito de George Russell después de que el exasesor ‌de Red Bull para el mundo del motor, ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- New York's health commissioner asked the Jewish community to halt a traditional circumcision practice that infected seven infants with herpes, a report said. While most men ...

An ancient circumcision ritual is at the center of a present-day legal battle in New York. The New York City Department of Health wants to require parental consent for a controversial circumcision ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declined to ban an ancient Jewish circumcision rite although other officials want to stop one rabbi from doing it. Bloomberg said he ...

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