A senior Health Ministry official said on Sunday that while last month’s outbreak of the seasonal flu is under control and declining, the second phase of influenza may return with the onset of…
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Hormone replacement therapy can push menopause back till early 60s, says Aboutaleb Saremi, managing director of Sarem Cell Research Center. “Menopause happens when the level of estrogen gradually…
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By the end of the current academic year (June 20), over 12,000 primary school students will learn that they should respect the zebra crossing on roads, said Vahid Mohammadi, deputy mayor of Tehran…
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The government has approved a revised version of traffic fines following proposals from the ministries of justice, interior and road and urban development, and the Law Enforcement Forces…
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From ancient times, as far as the history of Persia shows, pottery has been a well-practiced, popular craft among Iranians. This applies particularly to Lalejini ceramists in Hamadan Province.…
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Russia and Iran discussed the possibility of abolishing visa requirements for the citizens of both states on Friday, with the former evidently more eager to benefit from the visa exemption.
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Vienna is radically changing its policy towards migrants and refugees, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told local media.
He said that with the new measures introduced at Austria’s…
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A German appeals court has ruled that Etihad Airways can continue most of its disputed code-share flights with Air Berlin for the rest of the winter schedule.
The administrative court in…
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A group of 46 Vietnamese visiting South Korea for holiday has disappeared from the resort island of Jeju, allegedly to look for jobs, local media reported Friday, citing authorities. The missing…
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The development process of the ‘National Plan for the Elderly’ has been completed and is expected to be ratified by the Supreme Welfare Council, said Farid Barati Sadeh, head of the Secretariat of…
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The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Friday to allow doctor-assisted suicide across the country under certain circumstances, while giving the government more time to pass a law governing the…
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One person has been left brain dead and five others hospitalized after taking part in a clinical trial in France of an experimental drug made by Portuguese drug company Bial, French Health…
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Tehran’s governorate is piloting a plan dubbed “Sustainable Marriage and Prosperous Family” in Shemiranat County of Tehran. “The plan, to come into effect in two weeks, is seen as a prospective…
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The World Health Organization confirmed Friday that a body in Sierra Leone had tested positive for the Ebola virus on Thursday, the day the organization announced that all known chains of…
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Researchers at the Royan Institute, Iran’s clinical, research and educational center in reproductive biomedicine, have developed a new method to diagnose empty follicle syndrome (EFS).
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The third international Congress of Critical Care will be held January 20-22 at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Organized by the Iranian Society of Anesthesiology…
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More emphasis placed on time than earning money is linked to greater happiness, according to a study recently published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
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The Health Ministry has devised a comprehensive cancer control program for women and a general health program for men under the Health Reform Plan launched in May 2014.
“Each program is…
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Iran is set to increase its import of timber from Russia and Ukraine in an effort to reduce logging in the country and protect vulnerable forests.
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Following two years of vigorous attempts by environmentalists, the population of the critically endangered Persian squirrel is showing encouraging signs of recovery in the oak forests of Nahavand…
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Rare footage of an elephant herd roaming through Cambodia’s biggest forest sanctuary signals the success of a 14-year conservation program and raises hopes for the endangered species’ survival, an…
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Tehran’s national parks, one of only a handful of areas across the sprawling capital that have remained unspoiled, are shrinking at an alarming rate.
National parks are reserves of natural…
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A fire at a warehouse where various compounds were being stored created a noxious cloud that sickened some 100 people outside Sao Paulo, officials said on Friday. The fire occurred at a storage…
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The highest birthrate in Iran was registered in 1980, said Mohammad Javad Mahmoodi, head of the committee to study and evaluate population policies at the secretariat of the Supreme Council of…
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The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology has entrusted to the state-run universities the task of sending highly-qualified students to study abroad on scholarships, a turnaround from the…
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