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So far, 60,000 refugees have been covered by the Salamat (health) Insurance Scheme which provides all registered Afghan and Iraqi refugees with health insurance services similar to Iranians, said…

A pharmacopeia (list of authorized medicinal products) has been drawn up by the Food and Drug Administration in order to prevent physicians from prescribing medications outside the list, said FDA…

Despite cyber bullying covered in the media, only 36% of parents frequently talk to their kids about online behavior towards others, according to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center.

The social pathology group at the research department of the Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, affiliated to the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, is…

A major new series on breastfeeding, published in ‘The Lancet’ finds that despite strong health and economic benefits from breastfeeding, few children are exclusively breastfed until six months,…

Wanton destruction of natural habitats in Khuzestan Province is threatening the survival of numerous species, many of which are endemic to the oil-rich province.

Measures to rid the ecologically-rich Anzali Wetland in the northern Gilan Province of water hyacinth have failed prompting calls for a bigger budget to address the problem.

Norway has staked its claim as a fossil fuel divestment champion, calling for other countries to keep their fuel sources in the ground, but the country’s oil industry is planning on increasing…

The European Commission has proposed an overhaul of the ‘type approval process’ for new vehicles, including the way fuel economy figures are calculated, following the Volkswagen emissions scandal…

Encouraging the private sector to invest in Iran’s public transportation infrastructure is imperative to the successful expansion of the network, according to the director of the Tehran office of…

A pilot scheme on improving child health which includes integrated services like child abuse prevention, education for parents and improving children’s development and growth through better …

Living styles and standards are pretty diverse among the 12 million population of greater Tehran.

Political tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are causing Persian Gulf Arab airlines to lose millions of dollars in revenue at a time when all three countries are grappling with the…

Rural to urban migration has become a major concern in recent decades in many countries. Iran is one.  The development has several reasons, but hunting for jobs and a better quality of life…

Following tensions between Turkey and Russia and recent terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey has faced a significant decrease in the number of inbound tourists from Russia and Europe which has…

About 35% of hospital beds are occupied by victims of traffic accidents, said Javad Hedayati, managing director of the statistics, security and traffic department of the Road Maintenance and…

Draftees who conduct research activities for the Armed Forces can reduce their compulsory military service by 2-19 months under a new revision to conscription rules valid till 2020, said Seyed…

Deputy labor minister, Muhammad Amin Sazegarnejad met with Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Hiroyasu Kobayashi and discussed ways to broaden bilateral cooperation in areas of vocational training.

The Judiciary is reviewing a ‘Prison Inmate Population Reduction’ program to be implemented as per a decree by the Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, said Ali Asghar Jahangir, head of the…

One of the suitable areas for medical cooperation between Iran and Italy is launching of mobile clinics in Iran. “This will be beneficial to Iranians by helping provide access to healthcare in all…

The World Health Organization on Thursday called for an emergency committee on the Zika virus, which is “spreading explosively” and suspected of causing birth defects.

The meeting,…

A team of researchers at the Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai have engineered monkeys to have a human autism gene in the hope that they can find a treatment for the condition, according to…

Sixty foreign companies have applied to invest in hospital projects in Iran and agreements with two Korean companies and an Italian company have been finalized, said Ebrahim Raeesiyuon, economic…

Iran ranks third in Asia in terms of biotechnological development and 14th globally in publishing scientific articles in the field, said Dr. Mostafa Qanei, secretary of the Biotechnology…

The World Health Organization anticipates that the Zika virus will spread to all but two countries in South, Central and North America.

The mosquito-borne disease has raged in…