Iran’s ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pakayeen and the rector of Baku State University Dr. Abel Maharramov met in Baku on Tuesday to explore avenues of bilateral academic and scientific…
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An official with the Social Welfare Organization has called for withdrawal of Oxycodone, a strong painkiller, from pharmacy shelves. “Oxycodone is a very strong opioid-based painkiller and should…
PeopleA total of 447,000 people with mild to severe disability have been identified in remote and underdeveloped areas of the country, said the deputy for rehabilitation affairs at the Social Welfare…
PeopleSeventeen new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection in Singapore were confirmed on September 6 by the country’s Ministry of Health, raising the tally to 275 cases since the outbreak on…
PeopleTehran University of Medical Sciences plans to set up a Comprehensive Center for Reproductive Biomedicine and Stem Cells Research and a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the…
PeopleA cycling event scheduled for Tuesday in Tehran to celebrate “Car-Free Tuesdays” was abruptly cancelled due to reasons that have since been denied by the Department of Environment.
PeopleMelting glaciers and bleached corals: We hear about them a lot when it comes to the effects of global warming on our oceans.
But other impacts are not so visible—like whole species of fish…
PeopleThe proposal to change the designation of 347 hectares of Tehran’s lands from commercial zone to public green space was endorsed by Tehran Municipality’s Article 5 Commission on Monday.
The…
PeoplePrehistoric animal fossils, discovered during a road construction project in 2012 in Lorestan Province (in western Iran), was unveiled on Wednesday. Anna Esmaeili, an archeologist at the…
PeopleThe world’s 300 million asthma sufferers could help reduce their risk of severe asthma attacks by taking vitamin D supplements as well as their standard asthma medicines, according to the findings…
PeopleBabies given antibiotics in the first two years of life are more likely to develop allergies as adults, according to an extensive analysis of past clinical studies involving nearly 400,000 people…
PeopleEstablishment of health houses under the ‘Health Reform Plan’ launched in 2013 will be extended to urban suburbs and unofficial settlements.
Under a joint memorandum of understanding…
PeopleAround 30% of the national medicinal needs are met through imports, said Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug Administration.
PeopleAdvisor to the Interior Minister in Women and Family Affairs Fahimeh Farahmandpour said on Monday that “there is still a long way to go” to ensure gender equity in the country. “We are still far…
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Two officials from Iran’s Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO) were among the keynote speakers at the 34th International Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion underway in…
PeopleCurrently, around 1.4 million people in the country suffer from hepatitis B and all drugs and healthcare services for treatment of the viral infection that attacks the liver are fully covered by…
PeopleFollowing the floods that struck Qaemshahr and Amol counties in northern Mazandaran Province late last week that caused a shutdown in electricity and water supplies to three villages, water and…
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As part of plans to develop the country’s health tourism, Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has issued licenses for 14 tour companies to operate in the sector.
PeopleAn influx of tourists to Singapore this year has brought little joy to the city’s hoteliers, as a glut of rooms sends a key revenue measure to a six-year low.
Revenue per available room, a…
PeopleSpecial incentives will be granted to airline companies that actively seek to bring tourists to Iran, the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran has announced. According to Morteza Dehqan, director…
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Iran is well known for its Islamic traditions and ancient history, which can be tapped to transform the country into a top halal destination for both Muslim and non-Muslim tourists, for different…
PeopleA European Parliament committee on Monday backed visa-free travel to the European Union for Georgia and moved toward granting another ex-Soviet republic, Ukraine, the same right, after migration…
PeopleFast food diets and lack of exercise could be responsible for a rise in cancer cases in young adults, scientists have warned.
Alasdair Philips, science adviser at Children with Cancer…
PeopleProviding addicted women and children with treatment and recovery care is among the priorities of the government of President Hassan Rouhani, said Minister of Labor, Cooperatives, and Social…
PeopleThe Health Ministry has made known that obstetricians and gynecologists should not charge for performing ultrasound in pregnant women, said Mohammad Aqajani, deputy minister of health for…
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