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The Head of the AIDS Control Office at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Abbas Sedaghat, explained why compulsory HIV tests, especially before employment, military service, immigration, and marriage…

All medical centers affiliated to the Social Security Organization will have digital x-ray equipment by the end of the current year (March 20, 2016), said Mohammad Taqi Khosravani Moqaddam,…

More than 120,000 students have been enrolled in special needs schools in the current academic year (started September 23), said Majid Ghadami, head of the Education Ministry’s Special Education…

A smart insulin production line is being designed for the first time in the country and is expected to be launched in Isfahan in the near future, said Hamid Sane’i, the deputy head of the Isfahan…

The measles and rubella combined (MR) vaccinations will commence from November 14 in Sistan-Baluchistan Province, said Mohsen Zahraei, head of the Health Ministry’s Center for Communicable Disease…

The total fertility rate (TFR) in Iran should reach 2.1 to make up for the significantly low rates in the past decade(s), Muhammad Esmaeili Motlaq, head of the Health Ministry’s Population, Family…

A cooperation agreement between Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and the German company Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ, entered a new…

The Lake Urmia National Park in West Azarbaijan Province has been closed to the public in an effort to help improve the imperiled lake’s recovery process, manager of the park, Behzad Shirpanah,…

The search started afresh in Poland on Monday for a train full of gold and other valuables, which treasure hunters say the Nazis hid in a secret tunnel at the end of the Second World War.

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As the refugee crisis records huge numbers of migrants reaching southern and eastern Europe, the phenomenon strongly affects Greece’s tourism sector.

According to the United Nations High…

Framework of the ‘Comprehensive Population and Family Bill’ was approved in an open session of the Majlis (Parliament) last week with 144 lawmakers in favor, 26 against and six abstentions.

Personality identity profiles for all people living in the country should be created, said Hossein Shahrabi, a deputy to Iran’s attorney general. “The profile of each personality type should be…

The UN has warned that Nepal’s children, already hit by the devastating earthquakes, are facing a new humanitarian crisis as the country reels under political strife and blockade in the Terai…

President of Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Dr. Nizal Sarrafzadegan, has been awarded the World Health Organization prize (2015) in NCD Prevention, in the Eastern Mediterranean region…

Researchers at Tehran University have designed a micro-reactor to produce nanoparticles in controlled sizes for the pharmaceutical industry. “The device is made of plexiglass and has two entrance…

The number of single men of marriageable age is rising in the country, said Ali Akbar Mahzoun, director general of the National Civil Registration Organization’s Office for Population Statistics…

Nearly 140 out of 100,000 people are diagnosed with a type of cancer in the country today and the figure is slightly higher in men, said Dr. Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari, head of the national Cancer…

The first nationwide Environment Education Program in the form of learning workshops began Monday at the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in Tehran.

Women are putting themselves at risk of heart disease through lack of awareness, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015.

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Industrial units that have worsened Tehran’s air quality over the past few years, will be moved out of the capital, ILNA reported.

Climate and weather experts say some of 2014’s extreme weather events can be linked with human activities, including the global warming caused by greenhouse gases.

A Department of Environment official has revealed the names of the capital’s most polluted neighborhoods in the past week.

Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2014 as the relentless fuelling of climate change makes the planet more dangerous for future generations, the World Meteorological…

A swathe of China was blanketed with dangerous acrid smog Monday after levels of the most dangerous particulates reached around 50 times World Health Organization maximums, with energy use for…

Most calls to the social emergency hotline 123, were related to family disputes, marital discord and divorce (25-26%) followed by domestic violence, child abuse and suicide attempts with 7.5%, 8.5…