The Second National Conference on Urban Fire Service and Safety opened on Wednesday in Tehran, with particular focus on the January 19 Plasco fire tragedy in the capital that led to the building…
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Currently, 24,000 children with irresponsible parents or parents whose whereabouts are not known, are living in 570 welfare centers across the country, said Hossein Nahvinejad, deputy head of…
New methods of cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries to treat burn scars on face, neck, hands and feet, and treatment of health complications as a result of burn injuries, were among the topics…
Five people died and 7 people were injured in a deadly explosion that destroyed a residential building in Khalij-e-Fars Street in downtown Tehran on Tuesday.
Addressing Iran’s water crisis in the sixth five-year economic development plan (2017-22) is the country’s last chance before reaching the point of no return, the head of the National Center of…
Under-fire environment chief, Massoumeh Ebtekar, has called for the formation of a fact-finding mission to look into the cause of the desiccation of Hoor al-Azim Wetland and the Department of…
A previously undiscovered species of an extinct primordial giant worm with terrifying snapping jaws has been identified by an international team of scientists.
Wastewater from special economic zones that are home to oil, gas and petrochemical industries mostly end up in the Persian Gulf, a large portion of which is untreated.
Newly sworn-in US Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, whose nomination was ardently opposed by environmentalists and who is poised to roll back major climate and clean…
France will cull a further 600,000 ducks as part of efforts to prevent a spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus, the country’s farming minister Stephane Le Foll said on Tuesday.
The latest cull…
Iran received the certification for polio eradication from the World Health Organization on February 19 after decades of battling the virus.
High school students make up one of the largest groups of drug abusers nationwide. Currently, 14% of the drug addicts are in the ages 15-19 years, a vulnerable age for adolescents when they are…
There’s a stubborn notion, even today, that coupling is the benchmark of contentment and health. With the exception of the jaded, marriage is still celebrated as the ultimate social success. Even…
Iran ranks 8th worldwide and 2nd in the region in terms of traffic-related deaths, said Mohammad Aqajan, deputy health minister. “Although the rate of traffic casualties is seeing a declining…
Saqqez and Hezar Kanian cities in Kordestan Province experienced temperatures of -30 centigrade degree during the last three days. “The temperature was -7 centigrade in the warmest parts of the…
Iranian men live about two years less than women and have higher death rates.
“Currently, 28% of men are overweight, 10% are obese, 4% have high blood triglycerides, 21% smoke every…
In order to improve healthcare and sanitation facilities at informal settlements, the Health Ministry has established one health center with a health expert for every 4,000 people living in city…
JetBlue is trimming capacity to Cuba, becoming the third US airline to do so since regular commercial passenger service to the island nation resumed in August.
Cultural heritage sites in the southern Bushehr Province survived the recent flooding and heavy rainfall, thanks to the local authorities' preemptive measures, said a senior official at the…
Hong Kong Disneyland posted a wider annual loss on Monday, as attendance by mainland Chinese tourists dropped amid a softer tourism market.
The park said it lost 171 million Hong Kong…
Italian and Spanish cultural heritage experts will begin collaborating with Iranians to save the renowned world heritage site Persepolis from lichens, according to a Fars Province's top cultural…
Around 300 travel agencies in Tehran have had their licenses revoked while 558 have received warnings since July for a variety of reasons, ranging from poor service to breaching the law.
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InterContinental Hotels Group Plc , one of the world's largest hoteliers, reported a slightly better-than-expected yearly profit rise and said it would return $400 million to investors via a…
Doctors are more likely to prescribe antibiotics if they think patients expect the drugs, a new study finds.
That’s true even if the doctor doesn’t think the patient has a bacterial…
Inequitable geographical distribution of health facilities pose major challenges to achieving health targets set in the national development goals. To address the problem, a considerable number of…
