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Prevalence of goiter has been reduced to a large extent thanks to salt iodization programs over three decades.
Almost a quarter century ago, nearly 80% of the Iranian population suffered…
The State Welfare Organization plans to identify and shelter girls with negligent or abusive parents, according to head of the SWO’s socially vulnerable groups.
“Under a new project, we…
The national network of food and medical laboratories set up by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology will soon take off, said Minister Mohammad Farhadi. “We have updated and equipped…
The rate of fatal traffic accidents in Tehran Province in the past fiscal (ended in March) reduced by 4.7% compared to the previous year, according to the Iran Legal Medicine Organization. Based…
Future climate warming could lead to a re-greening of the southernmost Sahara (Sahel), with decreased dust emissions and changes in land cover.
Plastic, metal, rubber and paper are some of the materials that pollute the world’s oceans, often in the form of soda cans, cigarette butts, plastic bag, bottles and fishing gear.
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Unsystematic and belated spraying of pesticides is the main reason for the explosion in the population of whiteflies in Tehran in the past several years, since it has led to a decline in the…
Meteorologists forecast Tehran’s temperature to rise in the next couple of days. Ahad Vazifeh, Iran’s Meteorological Organization’s director for forecasting and early warning, was quoted as saying…
Iran is the world’s seventh highest emitter of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is the main driver of climate change and the planet’s warming, according to data compiled by Global Carbon…
A new study released this week has shown that dairy milk may affect a child’s height. Kids who drink cow’s milk are slightly taller than their friends who drink milk substitutes.
The number of applications registering for medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) has increased in the past few years, and consequently the number of such procedures has seen an increase.
A changing food diet and inadequate physical activity has seen a population emerge where the majority is either obese or overweight, according to Zahra Abdollahi, director general of the nutrition…
Cigarette smoking adds as much as $1.3 billion (52,200 billion rials) to the annual health care spending in Iran, the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) announced last week. Smoking is…
An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale rattled the city of Avaj in Qazvin Province, northwest of Tehran at 12:45 pm local time on Thursday. The quake occurred 19 km from Avaj in Buin…
For the first time in the country, bronchial thermoplasty (BT) was performed on a patient suffering from drug-resistant asthma at Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran, on Thursday. The procedure…
An emergency hotline for the hearing impaired has been launched by the Law Enforcement Forces of Iran. “We are trying to help them have access to immediate emergency services by the police,” said…
The number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has risen to more than 100,000 since an outbreak began on April 27, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The rapid spread of the…
Despite pledges by authorities to stop illegal accommodations hosting Chinese tourists in Iran, these lodging places are still operating, a member of Iran Tour Operators Association said.
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Local handicraft and artwork shops will soon open in all major Iranian cities, the the director general of Handicrafts' Export Office at Iran's Cultural Heritage,…
In one of the worst diplomatic crises ever in the Middle East history, the Saudi Arabia-led alliance of Arab Muslim-mainly nations severed their ties with Qatar earlier this week, and shut all…
Two heritage sites in the southeastern province of Kerman, owned by the Revitalization and Utilization Fund for Historical Places (known by its Persian acronym Saabta), were ceded to the private…
Boeing's newest aircraft—the 737 Max 10—has already caught the attention of aviation companies as the US plane manufacturer is in talks with firms for initial sales, said a report.
The…
Dubai airport has agreed to trial the world’s first "biometric border", which it is claimed will do away with the need for travelers to have their passports checked. Tests will begin in January…
The World Health Organization published a new classification of antibiotics on Tuesday that aims to fight drug resistance, with penicillin-type drugs recommended as the first line of defense and…
