#circumcision

With a major new HIV vaccine trial under way, cautious optimism is stirring that the vaccine will prove effective enough for a rollout.

Voluntary medical male circumcision is associated with a 60 percent reduction of female-to-male HIV transmission.

This type of the virus initially took hold in Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau, where circumcision was less common in the early 20th century...

The aggressive scale-up of male circumcision in Kenya alone has likely prevented thousands of transmissions, suggest mathematical models.

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For the first time, researchers have shown a link between circumcision as well as HIV treatment and a reduction in infection rates.

Zambian women misperceive the HIV- and other sexually transmitted infection-related risk reduction of male circumcision.

PEPFAR goal: Achieve a 25 percent decrease in HIV incidence among girls and young women in parts of sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2016.

Food vouchers succeed in increasing the rate of voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) among Kenyan men.

For some, it's a revered and ancient expression of religious faith and tradition. Others believe it's not only medically unnecessary, but...

The expansion of male circumcision in Rakai, Uganda, is substantially reducing the rate of new cases of HIV among men in the district.

Studies in Africa show male circumcision lowers men's risk of acquiring HIV and STIs from women. Do those findings belong in U.S. policy?

The CDC is considering suggesting that clinicians advise teenage boys, men and parents of newborn boys that circumcision lowers the risk...

Zamibian men who get circumcised as a part of a public health effort to reduce HIV risk do not seem to engage in riskier sexual behaviors as a...

male circumcision reduced syphilis incidence by 42 percent in men and by 59 percent in their female partners

Male circumcision, which reduces female-to-male HIV transmission by 60 percent, also reduces HIV rates in women, by a smaller margin of 15 per...