Finding love and enjoying good mental health are by far the most important keys to a happy life, a study by the London School of Economics (LSE) has found.
Both factors were found to be…
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Following the outbreak of a dangerous strain of avian influenza in seven provinces, Iran Veterinary Organization released a biosafety directive on Tuesday calling on all poultry farm owners to…
An earthquake measuring 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale jolted Minudasht city in Golestan Province, early Wednesday. According to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor…
School holiday breaks vary throughout the world. Iran is one of the countries with the highest number of school holidays per year (125 days). In other words, Iranian schools work only two-thirds…
About 9% of the Health Ministry’s budget of $ 2.3 billion goes on public sanitation and hygiene under the 2014 Health Reform Plan, said Ali Akbar Sayyari, deputy minister for health and hygiene. “…
Over 10 tons of illicit drugs were seized over the past two weeks across the country, said deputy head of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters Assadollah Hadinejad, on Wednesday.
“Opium…
The Food and Drug Organization has issued a permit to set up a production line for opium-based medicines in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province, said FDA head Rasoul Dinarvand, on Tuesday…
The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the country is less than 20 deaths per 100,000 live births at present, while the figure was 27 in 2010, said Safiyeh Shahriari, a board member of the Family…
The cheetah’s dramatic decline has prompted calls for the animal’s status to be downgraded from “vulnerable” to “endangered” on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List of…
Despite the claims of officials about the implementation of Low Emission Zone, the scheme has not yet entered the phase where it can alleviate Tehran's air pollution crisis.
It has…
The parliament has opposed the controversial plan to transfer water from Caspian Sea to the drought-hit central plateau after long debates over the issue. Critics have long argued that pumping…
The malnutrition rate in Iran dropped to 3.2% by mid-2016 from 5.1% in 1990, and Iran’s score in the 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report is 6.7%, a 0.1% improvement over its previous score in…
The Iranian Red Crescent Society’s 10-year roadmap will be finalized this week at a meeting of IRCS senior managers, said Seyyed Amir Mohsen Ziaei, the head of IRCS.
The action plan…
It is estimated that 750,000 people in Iran suffer from schizophrenia. However, many schizophrenics have not been identified since they don’t seek treatment because “they are afraid of being…
The Education Ministry is planning to increase fluoride therapy coverage in primary schools to ensure better oral health for students in later years.
“In cooperation with the Health…
In what may be the first known transmission of bird flu from cats to humans, a veterinarian in the US has been infected with a strain of avian flu that spread among more than 100 cats at animal…
Are you constantly bogged down by stress at your workplace? Fret no more. Stressful jobs can make you find ways to work around problems and can actually be energizing, claim researchers.
A…
In line with a plan proposed by the Education Ministry to recruit 10,000 new teachers in schools across the country for the next academic year that starts in September 2017, more than 1,400 new…
Thirteen million Iranian couples are in the childbearing age, said Mohammad Esmaeil Motlaq, head of the Population, Family and School Health Office at the Health Ministry.
China plans to raise tourism revenue to 7 trillion yuan (about $1 trillion) by 2020, the Chinese government has said.
A state council's Five-Year Tourism Plan (2016-20) mandates China to…
A project to draw up an archeological map of Pasargadae, an ancient city and world heritage site in Fars Province, has begun.
"This project is a follow-up on studies carried out in the past…
The historical Tughrul Tower and Ibn Babavey Cemetery in Rey, Tehran Province, which were at risk of construction activities at Tehran Subway's Line 6, are no longer in danger thanks to the…
Hotels in the Middle East reported mixed November 2016 results, while hotels in Africa posted positive results in the three key performance metrics, according to data from STR, a leading hotel…
The 9th Organic Products Festival opens in Tehran on Saturday, Dec. 31, at Goftogu Park. Participants are presenting organic food products and herbal medicine, and services in over 100 pavilions…
Approximately 3,000 units of red blood cells are required every day in Tehran Province besides 1,300-1,400 units of platelets and 700 units of plasma, says Seyed Morteza Tabatabaee, director…
