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COVID-19 Vanishes with Summer Heat? 07 Apr 2020

COVID-19 Vanishes with Summer Heat?

Flu epidemics tend to die out as winter ends; could sunshine, similarly, affect the behavior of the coronavirus and its spread?

Iran Makes Avigan 06 Apr 2020

Iran Makes Avigan

Iranian pharmacologists have succeeded in synthesizing Favipiravir drug, also known as Avigan, inside the country, a health official announced.

Salt may weaken kidney immunity against bacteria 05 Apr 2020

Salt may weaken kidney immunity against bacteria

Eating more than the recommended amount of salt disrupts the antibacterial function of a type of immune cell, research in mice and humans has found.

Polio vaccination suspended amid COVID-19 outbreak 04 Apr 2020

Polio vaccination suspended amid COVID-19 outbreak

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) stated that all vaccination campaigns will be suspended for the next six months.

Iran: Developing Stem Cell Therapy for COVID-19 29 Mar 2020

Iran: Developing Stem Cell Therapy for COVID-19

Iran is developing a treatment method that could help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, with the help of stem cells.

Coronavirus Test Kit Made in Iran 26 Mar 2020

Coronavirus Test Kit Made in Iran

A manager of a knowledge-based company in Iran said their domestically-developed coronavirus diagnostic test kit is ready.

Recovered patients from COVID-19 have partially reduced lung function 24 Mar 2020

Recovered patients from COVID-19 have partially reduced lung function

As the new coronavirus generally affects the lower respiratory tract, most of those infected exhibit a dry cough, shortness of breath or pneumonia.

Iran Sets Up Project to Produce Molybdenum-99 18 Mar 2020

Iran Sets Up Project to Produce Molybdenum-99

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran launched a national project to produce molybdenum-99, a radioisotope used to make radiopharmaceuticals.

White Dwarf Found That Once Was Two White Dwarfs 05 Mar 2020

White Dwarf Found That Once Was Two White Dwarfs

Astronomers have found a white dwarf that was once two white dwarfs. The pair of stars merged into one about 1.3 billion years ago. The resulting star, named WDJ0551+4135, is about 150 light years away.

Iran, WHO to fight against coronavirus 04 Mar 2020

Iran, WHO to fight against coronavirus

Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh met and held talks with Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva.