HOSPITAL staff have been told by officials to stop discouraging first-cousin marriages despite the increased risk of birth ...

Bradford’s close-relative nurse is responsible for working with “at risk families practising close relative marriage” to ...

Depending on your culture, cousins marrying cousins will either be a normal occurrence or something hugely taboo. The contrast in opinions on the topic became especially apparent this week, after NHS ...

COMMENT: Keeping quiet on harmful practices because of 'cultural sensitivities' is awkward, outdated and disgusting. This ...

Connecticut’s ban on marriage between first cousins — the children of siblings — takes effect Oct. 1. The law, signed on June 23, makes it one of many states that totally ban such unions. The law ...

UK health agency advertises nursing role for families in cousin marriages linked to higher genetic risks for children in ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Legislation that would recognize marriages between first cousins failed in the ...

Hospital staff need to stop discouraging first cousin marriages, a government-funded NHS monitoring board has said, despite ...

Starting Oct. 1, Connecticut residents will no longer be able to marry their cousins. The state joined 32 others this week in outlawing the practice when Gov. Ned Lamont signed House Bill 6918, now ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - A new law in Connecticut is expected to go into effect on Oct. 1, banning first-cousin marriages. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers agreed on the bill earlier ...

One step closer to keeping it out of the family. Connecticut is set to place a firm ban on marriages between first cousins at the start of October in a rare instance of unanimous agreement between ...