The rate of HIV infection and hepatitis infection transmitted during blood transfusion is zero in the country, said Abbas Sedaqat, head of the AIDS Prevention Office at the Health Ministry.
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More than 100,000 refugees, mostly Afghans, residing in Iran are covered by medical insurance, said Siavash Zolnoorian, deputy director-general of the Bureau of Aliens and Foreign Immigrants…
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The Health Ministry has taken necessary measures to prevent the spread of epidemic diseases in the flood-stricken provinces by ensuring health security.
Flash floods caused by torrential…
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The health authority of the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia says more than 670 people have been affected by an outbreak of gastroenteritis linked to bottled water.
The authority…
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Flash floods on Wednesday and Thursday that wreaked havoc across 126 cities in western and southwestern Iran have damaged historical sites and infrastructure in Ilam and Khuzestan provinces.
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A young Iraqi student living in the US who was thrown off a Southwest Airlines flight wants the airline to apologize for singling him out.
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Tourism bookings in the first quarter of the year have turned negative compared to last year, according to March data by Amadeus cited by the president of the Association of Hellenic Tourism…
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Restarting direct flights between Tabriz in East Azarbaijan Province and Baku, capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a possibility in the near future, according to a senior tourism official.
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An exhibition of tourism and associated industries will be held in Kerman Province, May 9-13, according to the head of the provincial office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism…
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The 12th China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market exhibition, which had started April 12 in Beijing, ended on Thursday with Iran being one of main talking points among the visitors and…
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No one enjoys going back to the grindstone after a fun-filled vacation.
Doctors do not officially have a name for this phenomenon and it is not included in the official journals of mental…
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In the new fiscal year (started March 20) funds to the tune of $56 million have been allocated to provide loans to nomads for livestock farming and small businesses, said Karamali Qandali, head of…
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The number of schools built in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has more than doubled under the present government, said Shahin Noushabadi, deputy education…
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Achieving higher total fertility rates (TFR) and reducing maternal mortality is a high priority for the Islamic Republic, said Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gholam Ali Khoshroo.
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A new course on “legal rights and obligations” will be added to the school curriculum of female high school second-graders, announced Mahnaz Ahmadi, director general of Women and Family Office at…
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In the journal PLOS One, researchers from the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine report how they analyzed the link between Vitamin D and cancer to determine what blood…
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Exorbitant blood money claims for “bodily harm” during surgery, that at times reaches three billion rials ($100,000) are made without any basis by patients against doctors with the hope of…
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In a huge immunization effort in 150 countries, health teams will on Sunday (April 17) launch what they hope will be the final push against polio.
Stopping transmission of the contagious…
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Countries with wild tiger populations have agreed to do more to protect tiger habitats that are shrinking drastically because of deforestation and urban sprawl, conservationists said Friday.
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Since the beginning of hawksbill sea turtles’ egg-laying season (late February), 90 turtles have arrived on the coasts of Shib Deraz Village on Qeshm Island, 64 of which have managed to lay more…
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Greenland’s massive ice sheet has experienced such an early and extensive melt that scientists this week thought their models were broken when they saw the data.
Summer-like warm…
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Iran has effectively banned the use (and abuse) of animals in circuses across the country, four months earlier than officials had initially planned.
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The government has earmarked 600 billion rials ($17.4 million) for anti-desertification and reforestation projects for the current fiscal year (started March 20), according to Abbas Kargar,…
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On the eve of World Hemophilia Day (April 17), recombinant domestically-produced anti-hemophilic factor (Factor VIII) drug will enter the domestic pharmaceutical market, said Ahmad Ghavidel, head…
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Heavy rains that started on Wednesday across 126 of Iran's western and southwestern cities resulted in flash floods killing at least four people as one child was reported missing by Friday evening…
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