JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on Thursday, and they blamed botched circumcisions as the likely cause of death. Full story
Circumcision changes the bacteria ecosystem of the penis, perhaps explaining why the foreskin-snipping procedure reduces the risk of HIV infection, a new study finds. Full story
A new study suggesting that circumcision can decrease sexual pleasure is drawing the fire of scientists in the field, who say the findings are flawed. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men circumcised either as children or adults report less intense sexual pleasure and orgasm than their uncircumcised counterparts, according to a new study from Belgium. Full story
BERLIN (Reuters) - German politicians passed a law on Wednesday to protect the right to circumcise infant boys in a show of support for Muslims and Jews angered by a local court ban on the practice in May. Full story
Infections of the kidney, bladder and urethra happen in uncircumcised baby boys at ten times the rate of circumcised boys, and over a lifetime uncircumcised men are four times more likely to experience one, according to a new analysis of past research. Full story
A Muslim boy cries as his grandmother kisses him after his circumcision at the Sidi Sahibi mausoleum during Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday celebrations of Prophet Mohammad, in Kairouan January 24, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY RELIGION)
A Muslim father comforts his son as a doctor prepares him for a circumcision at the Sidi Sahibi mausoleum during Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday celebrations of Prophet Mohammad, in Kairouan January 24, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY RELIGION)
Tourists take photos of a boy and his family before his circumcision at the Sidi Sahibi mausoleum during Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday celebrations of Prophet Mohammad, in Kairouan January 24, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY RELIGION)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to cast her ballot with other MPs after a debate in the German parliament's lower house over a law governing circumcision in Berlin, December 12, 2012. Germany's parliament will decide on a law governing circumcision, after a court ruling earlier this year p
Protestors wearing overalls daubed with red paint on the genital area, demonstrate against male circumcision, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin December 12, 2012. Germany's cabinet approved a draft law in October protecting the right to circumcise infant boys, which it says will end months
