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  • All hospitals across the country will be ranked this fiscal year (began March) as per a new set of hospital accreditation protocols devised by the Health Ministry, said Deputy Health Minister…

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  • The Iranian Red Crescent Society has joined the International Society for Rapid Response Systems (iSRRS), said the under-secretary general for health, treatment and rehabilitation of the IRCS.

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  • According to Scopus citation database, the ranking of Persian as a scientific language has improved by two steps in 2015 and is now the 15th language in which scientific articles are published,…

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  • The 2nd National Nanomedicine Conference will be held September 27-29 at the Pharmacy Faculty of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences. The conference is organized by Iran Nanotechnology…

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  • A new plan to facilitate military service for accomplished draftees envisages recruiting them in different professional sectors instead of being stationed in military facilities.

    Iran’s…

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  • Most people in a recent study said they were not familiar with components in cigarette smoke other than nicotine.

    Surveyed by phone, more than half the respondents said they’d like to see…

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  • UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee commenced its 40th session on Sunday in Istanbul, Turkey, to study proposals to inscribe 26 sites on the World Heritage List, with Iran’s Lut Desert widely…

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  • Tehran’s famed Masoudieh Mansion is closed until further notice, according to a statement that appeared on the cultural heritage site’s web portal on Saturday evening. The brief statement did not…

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  • The Bahamas has issued a rare travel advisory for its citizens visiting the US, recommending particular care for young men in cities affected by tensions over recent police shootings.

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  • Turkey’s state-run media says the first plane in months carrying Russian tourists to Turkey has arrived in the southern beach resort of Antalya as tense relations between the two countries ease.…

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  • Iran and Russia have signed a two-year contract, worth an estimated $2.9 million, to develop handicraft trade between the two countries and help Iran improve their international profile, said the…

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  • The launch of direct flights between Iran and the United States, hopes of which resurfaced following the nuclear deal with the world powers last year, appears to be contingent on improving…

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  • Annually, 800 million medical services are provided across the country and the number of complaints filed by patients against the medical fraternity for negligence is around 12,000 to 13,000 each…

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  • Almost half of women with unexplained fertility problems are infected with a mysterious virus, a study suggests.

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  • In just one year, almost 3 million US teens suffered a major bout of depression, a new government report shows.

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  • Most of those who call the emergency hotline 123 are residents of Tehran and Mazandaran provinces, said Hossein Asad Beigi, head of the Social Emergency Response Center at the State Welfare…

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  • A team of Iranian researchers at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences have designed and developed a new eye device that can detect vision defects including optic nerve disorders in patients due…

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  • Every month 50 to 60 children under the age of 6 are sent to the state welfare centers in Tehran Province, of whom 30% are unidentified, said Ahmad Delbari, director general of the provincial…

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  • The average life expectancy at birth in Iran has increased to 80 for women, and 76.5 for men, said deputy health minister for research and technology. Life expectancy at birth in 2004 was 71.2 for…

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  • The Energy Project works with organizations and their leaders to improve employee engagement and more sustainable performance.

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  • Under a quadrilateral memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Akbarabadi Hospital, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),…

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  • The Bornean orangutan is on the verge of extinction, while the world’s biggest fish, the whale shark, and a hammerhead shark species, the winghead shark, are now classified as endangered.…

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  • Residents of the Iranian capital Tehran will see no restrictions imposed on their water use this summer, according to an official at the Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company.

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  • A Spanish judge has charged Volkswagen with fraud and damage to the environment over an emissions-cheating scandal that has plunged the automaker into crisis, a statement said on July 8.

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  • The iconic trees lining both sides of Tehran’s Valiasr Street are being destroyed mostly by construction projects in the area, according to a member of Tehran City Council.

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