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  • A plan to ensure “safe saffron from farm to table” has been launched by the Food and Drug Administration following the closure of some restaurants that were using spurious saffron in their dishes…

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  • People born in the winter (November to January) suffer asthma and other lung related problems and have a greater likelihood of breathing problems as adults than those born in warmer months, a…

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  • Concentration of PM10 (particulate matter with a diameter of 10 micrometers of less) in Abadan, Khuzestan Province reached 2,896 µg/m3 on Saturday — more than 19 times the acceptable daily limit…

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  • US scientists have discovered a new species of a now-extinct plant, after testing the remains of two flowers that were fossilized in amber. The flowers had been preserved for at least 15 million…

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  • One of the most recent effects of global warming is the minimal slowing down of sea level rise. However, the increase in planet Earth’s overall temperature may pose different effects on different…

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  • A fast-growing tumbleweed called “hairy panic” is clogging up homes in a small Australian town.

    Extremely dry conditions mean the weeds pile up each day outside a row of homes at Wangaratta…

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  • Following a visit to Makran Industrial Complex in Chabahar Free Zone, Department of Environment chief Massoumeh Ebtekar voiced her support for the industrial development of the region while…

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  • Construction of the largest cancer institute in Yazd Province by the Social Security Organization will be completed in three years, said Seyed Taqi Nourbakhsh, managing director of the SSO.

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  • On the occasion of World Rare Disease Day, February 29, a convention will be held in Tehran. “Genetic issues and medical diagnosis are two main areas of focus at the confab,” said Dr. Ali…

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  • A pharmaceutical company, CinnaGen Pharmaceutical Co., has introduced a new locally produced autoinjector to help people diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. The autoinjector will help patients with…

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  • Around 1.4 million deliveries were registered in the country during the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (ends March 19), said Ali Akbar Mahzoun, head of Information and Statistics…

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  • A survey conducted in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz, and Mashhad shows that mental disorders among children under 14 years have seen a rising trend in recent years and it is up to the family and…

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  • The Families and Schools Together (FAST) Program, initiated by the United Nations Office for Drug Control, was launched in a school and a kindergarten in Iran’s northern Mazandaran Province.

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  • Organic meat and milk could offer more health benefits than conventionally delivered products, according to a new study by scientists from the UK, Poland, Norway, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland,…

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  • Two Iranian traditional medicine workshops were held in Austria for the first time with the aim to introduce traditional medicine to western physicians and pharmacists as well as Iranian resident…

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  • The Second International Congress of Reproduction and First International Congress of Reproductive Health and Childbearing will be held simultaneously May 18-20 at Razi Conference Center of Iran…

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  • An eighty-year-old university student has successfully completed his master’s degree in arts at Islamic Azad University.

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  • The northeastern province of North Khorasan has the highest rate (20.4%) of female economic participation among the 31 provinces in the country, said Fakhrossadat Khamesi, director general of the…

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  • Residential units in rural areas renovated by the Islamic Housing Foundation will be provided insurance for 10 years, said Esmael Najjar, head of the Crisis Management Organization. “Each year,…

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  • As part of the Literacy Movement Organization’s program to educate nomadic women and girls between 10 and 49 years of age, around 400 educators are conducting workshops in four provinces of East…

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  • The Roads and Urban Development Ministry has plans to replace the existing highway median guardrails with Jersey barriers or Jersey walls, with the aim to reduce casualties of traffic accidents.…

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  • The Zika crisis is putting pressure on church doctrine that bans all forms of contraception, and has even stoked a debate over abortion in many conservative Latin American nations.

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  • Kenyan wildlife authorities say six lions have broken out of the Nairobi National Park and were last seen roaming in a residential area. Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Paul Udoto said Friday the…

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  • Foreign travelers seeking medical services in Iran have to apply for health visas, as receiving treatment while on a tourist visa is against the law.

    Today, a large number of tourists enter…

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  • There is potential for expansion of ties between Iran and Greece, head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Masoud Soltanifar said in a meeting with Greece’s Deputy…

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