Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi said on Saturday that over 90% of medicines needed by Iranians are produced in the country.
He made the remarks at the unveiling ceremony of a…
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An outbreak of flu has forced the closure of two wards and left 60 patients ill at a leading hospital in the UK. People are being urged to stay away from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge after…
Iran will participate in ESMO 2017, the premier scientific platform to present oncology research, to be held February 10 -12 in Cape Town, South Africa. The three-day ESMO Africa will put into…
Fifty new health projects will simultaneously be inaugurated during the 10-Day Dawn (Fajr) Festivities to mark the anniversary of the February 11, 1979 Islamic Revolution. “The projects are funded…
According to figures released by Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization, during the first nine months of the current year (ends March 20), 2,361 people lost their lives due to drug abuse, of whom, 2,…
Firefighters who lost their lives in the blaze and the subsequent collapse of the Plasco Building in downtown Tehran last week will be laid to rest on Monday, January 30.
The clean-up operations at the site of the collapsed 17-story Plasco Building in downtown Tehran ended on Friday, January 27, with the debris transferred to the 7-hectare ‘Bagh Chali’ land located…
The ban on US travel for passport-holders of seven Middle Eastern and African states applies to airlines' flight crew, the International Air Transport Association said in an email to carriers…
A bill to support cultural heritage security personnel has been submitted to the parliament, said a senior official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.
A tourism expert has renewed calls for ditching petrodollars and moving away from the oil-dependent economy in favor of green industries, such as tourism.
Despite fierce opposition from hotel and business owners, Barcelona officials agreed on Friday to curb the number of rooms for tourists in the city center in a move aimed at appeasing residents…
A plan to tax tourists for hotel stays in London was condemned by a leading travel trade body even before it was officially announced. The plan, endorsed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan at a cross-…
Islamic Azad University is planning to host health tourists at its 11 hospitals across the country, announced a senior figure at IAU.
“Medical tourism is the most profitable and stable…
The 8th International Rare Disease Day conference on February 26 with the slogan “Rare Disorders Without Borders,” aims to raise awareness on rare diseases across the world, and the medical and…
Recommendations of a two-day expert meeting with representatives from the Ministry of Education, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Organization, the State Welfare Organization,…
In the past eight days, heavy rainfall caused flooding in six eastern and southeastern provinces namely, Sistan-Baluchestan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Fars, South Khorasan, and Khorasan Razavi, said…
Three sniffer dogs Hans, Borden and Fidel from the dog squad at Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Police, who as a rule help law enforcement forces find illegal drugs, were at the forefront of efforts of the…
The number of birds culled in the country due to avian flu has reached more than five to six million, said Naser Nabipour, head of the board of directors at Tehran’s Union of Egg and Chicken…
The State Welfare Organization has set up centers to provide care and rehabilitation services for addicted mothers in five provinces that had “the highest number of female addicts,” SWO head…
The birth of a healthy baby girl from a 14-year-old frozen embryo was registered on Saturday in Isfahan city. According to fertility specialists, it is the first such birth from a 14-year-old…
The Health Ministry is expanding the screening project for three types of cancer across the country.
A total of 40,000 new taxis replaced dilapidated ones in the country during an official inauguration ceremony on Saturday in Tehran. Under a program, taxi owners can exchange their vehicles for a…
Iran is expected to receive more rainfall this week, as the cold front covering most of eastern and south-central Iran is predicted to stay until Friday. Speaking to ISNA, Ahad Vazifeh, the head…
The muddying of coastal waters by climate change could drastically increase levels of neurotoxic mercury in sea life, contaminating food supplies.
New data analysis shows the relationship between economic growth and deforestation resembles half of a Kuznets curve. In other words, economic growth in less developed countries appears to drive…
