Survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk for severe health problems later in life compared to the general population, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology.Read More
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has highlighted his administration’s efforts to promote gender equality in the country, underlining a plan to allocate at least 30 percent of administrative management jobs to women.Read More
There is a strong link between the amount of fast food that pre-school age children consume and their likelihood of becoming overweight or obese, according to a new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Pediatric Obesity.Read More
Iranian short 'Azadeh', directed by Mirabbas Khosravinejad, is currently taking part at the competition program of the 24th edition of Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS in Latvia.Read More
Iran’s exports of medicinal herbs in the nine-month period of March 21-December 21, 2019 generated $450 million, announced a deputy agriculture minister.Read More
Sudanese environmental activists warned that the 70-year-old El Feel Forest in El Gedaref state, originally designed to counter desert encroachment, “risks being transformed into a barren desert” due to uncontrolled clearances and the transformation of the forest into agricultural lands.Read More
Within days of birth, a few drops of blood are collected from every newborn in California — and across the United States — which are then stored on filter paper and screened for dozens of genetic and congenital disorders, such as phenylketonuria (PKU), an inherited metabolic disorder that can result in intellectual disability, seizures, heart...Read More
A monthly average of 11,500 people traveling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen last year made the so-called Eastern Route the busiest maritime migration path on earth, the UN migration agency said on Friday.Read More
I am very pleased to join you for the first regular session of the UN Women Executive Board. I would like to congratulate all the Bureau members who will guide us through this important year ahead.Read More
Amita* knew she had to escape. After five months of being assaulted, starved and being forced to work for 20 hours a day as a domestic maid in a suburban house in Kuwait, the 45-year old from Nepal seized her chance. While the household slept, she climbed out of a downstairs bathroom window and fled.Read More
