Despite global efforts to curb global warming and climate change, Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising. The country has already spent 20% of its greenhouse gas emissions allowance for…
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The Department of Environment will show no leniency toward industrial units that exceed their pollution limits in winter, an official at the Department of Environment said.
A comprehensive guide detailing key information on 10 living and extinct cat species in Iran has been published following a joint effort between Iranian and international experts.
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Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has proposed the addition of an article to the Clean Air Bill that aims to protect forests by imposing a ban on logging for 10 years.
A scoop of ice cream for breakfast can provide an unexpected brain boost, a Japanese scientist has found.
Subjects in an experiment carried out by Yoshihiko Koga, a professor at Kyorin…
The State Welfare Organization is planning to launch an Alzheimer’s disease screening plan in the near future, according to its deputy head for rehabilitation. “The plan is currently going through…
During the last two years, 120 trauma centers across the country have been renovated and equipped, said Health Minister Hassan Hashemi, on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the second…
The First International Congress on Cancer Prevention and Early Detection will be held January 28-30 in Tehran. With the message ‘Integration and Convergence of Research and Action,’ the congress…
The number of women killing themselves in the UK has hit its highest level for the second time in a decade, while the male suicide rate has fallen, according to new official statistics. The rise…
Rehabilitation today goes beyond its traditional definition of specialized healthcare to improve, maintain or restore physical strength, cognition and mobility, said Health Minister Hassan…
The number of displaced people has increased considerably with lakes, wetlands and rivers gradually drying up due to less rainfall for several years in a row.
The number of female-headed households is on the rise across the country and the main reason is death of spouse, said Habibollah Masoudi Farid, deputy for social affairs at the State Welfare…
The Iran Blood Transfusion Organization has set an ambitious target of collecting 900,000 liters of blood plasma by the end of the current fiscal year in March 2017 with the help of its charity…
If your colleagues’ munching loudly on their lunch is driving you mad then you’re not alone.
Noisy or messy eaters, alongside moaning, were among the top complaints of 1,000 office workers…
The Supreme Court of Iran has upheld the death sentence for the infamous oil billionaire Babak Zanjani, said Gholamreza Ansari, supervising deputy at the Supreme Court, news outlets reported. The…
An earthquake measuring 4.1 degrees on the Richter scale jolted Rigan County, in Kerman Province, early Saturday. According to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at…
The secretariat of the First International Congress of Citizenship Rights is holding a public contest on citizenship rights in the Iranian constitution, said event secretary Moones Keshavarz. The…
The threat of HIV/AIDS is not an illusion. “It is very real and very close,” said Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi on the occasion of World AIDS day on Thursday.
Heavy rainfall and floods over the past few days have affected 16 cities and villages in eight provinces of West Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Ilam, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and…
Over one million blood units were donated during the first eight months of the current Iranian year that began in March, said spokesperson for the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization. “This is…
The rate of food insecurity in Iran is currently 5%, says the Health Ministry’s head of nutrition, Dr. Zahra Abdollahi. “Food poverty has been contained over the past two decades and about 75% was…
Plant-based diets are tied to a lower risk of health problems like heart disease, diabetes, obesity and certain cancers - and pretty much anyone can eat this way, according to a leading group of…
The estimated useful life or life span of hospitals in the country is around 30-40 years, after which they need to be renovated and retrofitted, said Dr Seyed Javad Haji Mir-Esmaeil, head of Iran…
Over 10 aftershocks were registered following the earthquake that shook Shahdad County in Kerman Province on Thursday. A quake measuring five on the Richter scale shook the suburbs of Shahdad, 90…
The Iranian Red Crescent Society will organize a national event to celebrate the International Volunteer Day observed globally on December 5 every year. The ceremony, to be held at Tehran’s IRIB…
