Thailand is to issue health and travel insurance for foreign tourists in a bid to ease the financial burden on its state hospitals.
The proposal was unveiled by the Thai public health…
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Statistical indices on the status and situation of women in different provinces have been issued by the Department for Women and Family Affairs at the Presidential Office.
The data will be…
‘Bashir’ is the national plan aimed at reducing the worrisome rise in divorce rates in the recent years. The plan initiated by the State Welfare Organization (SWO) will be launched from mid…
West Azarbaijan ranks first among the country’s provinces in terms of diversity in mineral resources, says Jafar Sadegh Eskandari, head of the provincial Industries and Mines Organization.
The Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization has adopted a holistic policy “as opposed to the single-item production approach” to the national forest wealth. The new approach calls for…
Smartphones cannot actually make you smart, but a Swiss team of scientists discovered that the use of a touchscreen device would impact one side of the brain that is involved in processing touch…
The sighting of four Asiatic cheetahs at the Touran Biosphere Reserve (TBR) in Shahrud County, Semnan Province was announced by the head of the TBR.
Ali Akbar Ghorbanlou said the Department…
The budget of the Department of Environment (DoE) has increased by 20 to 25 % in the next year (starting March 21, 2015), said Saeed Namaki, consultant at the DoE. “In spite of the financial…
December 28 marked one year after a two year old boy in Meliando, a village in Guinea, died of what was later identified as the first case of Ebola.
It is true that a healthy lifestyle can improve one’s chances of living a long, healthy life. As if that weren’t enough to make you want to start eating healthy, researchers have found that four…
The amount of pesticide levels in fruits is still ambiguous. The ministries of health and agriculture are mainly responsible to grade horticulture produce, the deputy head of the Majlis Health…
More features are to be included in the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s (IRCS) ‘Health Journey’ campaign, which is aimed to help the government in its health reform program. So far the society has…
Iran’s Special Crime Unit – the police branch responsible for fighting serious crime, is prioritizing research and training to enhance its capability.
According to a police department press…
After forty years of liquid waste pile up in Shirabeh Lake in Kahrizak, its purification is being launched through a joint initiative by the Tehran Municipality and the University of Tehran.
Thanks to price cuts made possible by the Health Reform Plan, costs of blood transfusion for patients will be halved or even reduced to nothing. The head of Blood Transfusion Organization quoted…
Two police officers, a constable as well as two civilians were killed, and three policemen were injured in Saturday night’s exchange of fire during an armed bank robbery in the town of Aligoodarz…
As it is a common practice for pharmaceutical companies to make use of expired drugs in new medicines, the head of the Scientific Association of Pharmacists allaying concerns said the practice “is…
Concealed land mines in border regions between Iran and Iraq have become a boon for the Persian leopards, discouraging poachers from entering certain areas, Mehr News Agency reported.
A direct flight route will be established between Kazakhstan and Sari, Mazandaran Province in the near future, said the head of the tourism commission at the Mazandaran Chamber of Commerce,…
A recent survey by Princess Cruises found that holiday seasons can be more stressful than relaxing for women and men alike. With women feel the pressure of cooking meals and hosting parties, while…
Simply put, the fort is unusual! At first glance, Behestan fort is a group of impressive hoodoos (natural columns of rock), standing atop a mountain in Mahneshan county, Zanjan Province.
Livestock grazing in the nomadic plains of Iran are three times over and above the grazing capacity of these ranges, according to the head of range affairs bureau of the Forests, Range and…
Use of wastewater for irrigation of agricultural crops can cause accumulation of pathogens and toxic substances such as heavy metals in food produce and their transmission to the human body when…
The health ministry has decided to improve health and sanitation facilities within informal settlements.
In recent years, consecutive droughts, high evaporation, rising temperatures and reduction of water entering Lake Urumia has caused the lake’s salt concentration to increase to more than 400 grams…
