Iranians spend $1-1.5 million (40 to 50 billion rials) on tobacco products each day and the cost of treating tobacco-related disease is almost three times more than the amount spent on tobacco…
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A poster of a white stork was unveiled on Thursday at a conference to mark the World MS Day (observed on the last Wednesday of May) by head of the Department of Environment, Masoumeh Ebtekar, as a…
The number of decayed, missing or filled teeth (DMFT) among 12-year-old school kids has reduced to 1.8 from 2.09 according to a recent survey, said Dr. Saeed Asgari, secretary of the Health…
A special atlas showing all nomadic routes used by pastoral nomads is nearing completion, said the head of Iran’s Tribal Affairs Organization, Karamali Qandali. The routes include those that the…
Electronic shackles will be used for 40,000 offenders to monitor them when they are under home arrest. The plan will be implemented by the end of the next year in March 2019, said Asghar Jahangir…
Iran’s traditional medicine sector has the potential to become a global industry, said deputy health minister Mahmoud Khodadoust. “The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted a strategy…
Researchers at University of Virginia have for the first time revealed brain imaging evidence that supports the long hypothesized idea that people with strong social relationships report better…
For the first time in two decades, cheetahs are wandering in Malawi, as four of them have been reintroduced to Liwonde National Park.
According to African Park’s Facebook page, the four…
The Department of Environment’s scientists have concluded a two-month-long study of coral reefs off the coasts of Bushehr Province to monitor the impact of summer heat on vulnerable marine species…
Fires burning for more than eight hours engulfed 4 hectares of land around Parishan Wetland in Fars Province, destroying the flora. “The fires, which began at around 11.30 a.m. on Friday, were…
A proposal to elevate the status of the Department of Environment to that of a ministry has been rejected by the Majlis Social Affairs Commission.
Speaking to ISNA, Rouhollah Babaei, a…
A senior official at the Department of Environment has called on the new members of Tehran City Council to scrap a controversial directive issued 14 years ago by the council.
Known as the “…
Currently, 103,500 patients with serious mental disorders (mostly those with a type of schizophrenia) are under cover of the State Welfare Organization (SWO) of whom, 70,000 are men and the…
The mean age has increased by 4.5 years, and the median population age by 3 years compared to 30 years ago, according to the latest census.
The nationwide census was carried out from…
It’s obvious that youngsters who harm themselves need psychiatric care, but drugs, alcohol, and violent injuries should set off similar mental-health alarm bells, researchers say.
In a…
Almost all hospitals have been ranked as per a new set of hospital accreditation protocols devised by the Health Ministry last June, said Deputy Health Minister Mohammad Aqajani. “More than 85% of…
Around 1.2 million school students received 16 hours of health training, including self-care, healthy nutrition and lifestyle practices, dealing with stress, and anger management last year (ended…
According to the latest study conducted in Tehran, the average noise pollution in the city is 5 dB above the standard level, said Mohammad Hossein Bazgir, head of the Tehran Department of…
More than 173,000 calls were made to the Social Emergency hotline 123 last year (ended March 20), and family conflict was the most common complaint.
On the sidelines of the 70th World Health Assembly (WHA) which opened on May 22 in Geneva, Switzerland, Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi told his counterparts in separate meetings that…
A fall in the value of the pound following the Brexit referendum looks to have helped Northern Ireland's tourism industry in 2016. Visitor numbers increased by 12% to 2.6 million, official figures…
Ryanair has outlined a plan it believes could see European tourism grow by more than twice the predicted 4% next year and promote the benefits of continent-wide low-cost air travel.
UNESCO’s experts will travel to Iran in the summer to assess Arasbaran Forest and three cities in Fars Province listed collectively as “The Ensemble of Historical Sassanian Cities” on the…
Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has targeted the construction of 20 four- and five-star hotels by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2018).
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Policies and rhetoric streaming out of the US administration of Donald Trump are hurting the travel market, according to a study recently released by Foursquare.
