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The Health Ministry has plans to reduce the maternal mortality rate (MMR) to zero by 2030, said Mohammad Esmaeil Motlaq, head of the ministry’s Population, School and Family Health Office. “The…

A huge chunk of the Health Ministry’s fund goes towards treating smoking-related diseases, said Health Minister Seyed Hassan Hashemi.  Nearly 50 million cigarettes are smoked annually in the…

Over 580 women are running for the February 26 parliamentary elections among the total number of 6,200 candidates in the race. On Friday, Iranians will vote in two elections, one for the 10th…

Iran is willing to share its experience in medical fields with other Islamic countries, said Minister of Cooperative, Labor and Welfare Ali Rabiee on Monday.

Iran is planning to sign a memorandum of understanding with Switzerland for academic cooperation between the University of Isfahan, University of Tehran and Sharif University of Technology and a…

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the world’s largest coral bank, is at greater risk than previously thought of dissolving as climate change renders the oceans more acidic, researchers said…

In the latest edition of their annual letter published on Monday, Bill and Melinda Gates argue that the world needs “an energy miracle,” and are willing to bet that such a breakthrough will arrive…

Following the recent trip by an Iranian delegation to Germany, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in constructing environment-friendly housing in Hashtgerd and…

A baby gorilla is “doing well” after being delivered by Caesarean section in a rare operation at Bristol Zoo. The western lowland gorilla was born early, weighing 1.2 kilograms, after her mother…

The Tehran Department of Environment and Japan International Cooperation Agency will launch a study in May into the contribution of mobile and stationary sources of air pollutants to the pollution…

Head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Seyed Amir-Mohsen Ziaei announced that $189 million has been proposed for the IRCS budget in the next fiscal year (starts March 20). The amount was…

The Driving Schools Union last month announced an increase in the driving course fee, which previously, it was promised, would stay unchanged.

In a meeting on Monday between the Romanian Minister of National Education and Scientific Research Adrian Curaj and the Iranian ambassador to Bucharest, Hamid Moayyer, the two sides welcomed…

President Raul Castro called on all Cubans to help eradicate the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus on Monday and ordered 9,000 army troops to help stave off the disease.

More than 360,000 Afghan students were enrolled in 1,300 schools in the country in the Iranian calendar year that ends on March 19, said Siavash Zolnouriyan, deputy director of Foreign National…

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th Symposium of World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), 7th International Neurosurgery Congress…

Researchers in three studies find modified T-cells can kill cancer, with one scientist suggesting they can be programmed for long-term protection against the disease.

An experimental T-cell…

Iran is among the top ranking countries in cataract treatment with around 6,000 surgeries per million per annum based on statistics provided by the Health Ministry.

The data is the result…

A senior official at the Qeshm Free Zone Organization has announced the launch of an airline in collaboration with Chinese investors.

Speaking to ILNA, chief executive of QFZO, Hamidreza…

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu unveiled a plan on Monday to support Turkey’s tourism sector, hit by tensions with Russia and domestic insecurity, including a 255-million-lira ($87 million…

The handicrafts industry is set to receive a financial boost to the tune of 500 billion rials ($14.5 million) in the next fiscal year (starts March 20), a deputy at the Iran Cultural Heritage,…

Egypt cut its economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year after the downing of a Russian passenger jet last year battered tourism, Finance Minister Hany Kadry Dimian said Monday.

Dubai-based Shaza Hotel, an affiliate of the prestigious Kempinski Hotel chain, is exploring the possibility of opening five hotels in Iran.

Although there is no precise date of entry…

The regulation supporting ‘professional’ or ‘dispensing’ fee charged by pharmacies for providing counseling services to patients while reading a doctor’s prescription, has seemingly been revoked…

A woman with a confirmed case of the Zika virus in the southern state of Chiapas gave birth to a “clinically healthy” baby boy, Mexico’s health ministry said. The woman from the town of Pijijiapan…