The arrival of the warm season and the subsequent rise in water consumption have once again aroused public concerns about the rising level of nitrate in drinking water, especially in the Iranian…
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A single priority bill to name a day on the Iranian calendar as “National Tehran Day” has been introduced by the Tehran City Council Social-Cultural Committee at a recent meeting.
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With the nationwide increase in traffic fines introduced in the latter half of the previous Iranian fiscal year, and further reinforced in the current year that ends in March 2017, the rate of…
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Evidence of the Zika virus has been found in at least 320 pregnant women in the US according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden…
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The global prevalence of inherited metabolic diseases is 1 per 5,000 births, while the figure is 1 per 1000 births in Iran, said Shahla Farshidi, scientific secretary of the 5th National Seminar…
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The First Congress on Modern Technology for Medical Application will be held November 5-8 in Tehran.
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Seven paragliding drug-traffickers who were attempting to carry illicit drugs from neighboring Afghanistan into Iran’s northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province were arrested, the provincial police…
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A single-priority bill to reestablish the special commission on women and family has been drawn up and will be presented soon in the Majlis (parliament), said Soheila Jelodarzadeh.
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New research finds that while consumers rate sunscreens that absorb well and smell nice most highly, many of these products do not adhere to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) guidelines.…
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Compared with most other communicable diseases, hepatitis has risen in global importance since the 1990s. It is now a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and kills at least as many…
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Iran is mulling the extension of the duration of its visa-on-arrival to three months, according to a high-ranking tourism official.
Iran’s airport visa was originally valid for 14 days, but…
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In a bid to enhance the quality of services offered by travel agencies, Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism Organization voided or suspended the permits of 73 travel agencies in…
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As the European Union risks falling apart in the wake of Brexit, regional integration in Africa—once modeled after the EU—is making progress.
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Global demand for air travel rose 4.6% in May, slowing from a strong start to the year, with attacks in major cities across the world and the fragile global economy affecting travel demand, IATA…
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Efforts by the government to uplift six million impoverished people in the country under a plan that was submitted to the Majlis in the last Iranian year that ended in March, seem to be stumbling…
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Marijuana remains the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, and its use is particularly widespread among adolescents. Now, a new study has identified the ages at which adolescents…
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Since the year 2001 no new incidence of polio infections have been registered in the country, said Mohammad Mahdi Guya, head of the Center for Infectious Diseases at the Health Ministry on Monday…
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A large screw (4cm in length) was removed from a 14-month-old baby’s intestines in the border town of Sardasht, West Azarbaijan Province. The baby was hospitalized by the parents for severe…
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The maternal mortality rate (MMR) has touched zero in Fars Province, said the vice-chancellor of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences on Monday. “National health policies aim to reduce the…
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An estimated 7,240 tons of medicinal herbs are produced annually in Khorasan Razavi Province, said Hashem Naqibi, managing director of the Horticulture Department at the Ministry of Agriculture…
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Over 10,000 people who acquired literacy in the past academic year (September 2015 – June 2016) through the Literacy Movement Organization received cash incentives on Monday. At a ceremony…
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Zika virus causes different types of brain damage in babies, not just microcephaly, according to two new reports.Brazilian researchers found as many as one in five babies born with brain damage…
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Annually, thousands of kidney, heart, liver and lung transplant surgeries are performed on patients with organ failure at 46 transplant centers across the country.
Kidney transplants…
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Following the dispute between environmentalists and officials at Tehran Municipality about the felling of iconic trees that line the capital’s Valiasr Street, the Department of Environment has…
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Tehran’s water demand has hit 3.3 million cubic meters a day, exacerbated by sweltering temperatures that sometimes exceed 40 degrees Celsius, according to Mehr News Agency. Excessive water use in…
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