health

In the field of health, Gaza hospitals are trying to continue their activities and services under the fire of Israeli attacks, as their equipment is running...

The United States has a large degree of economic inequality. Twenty percent of low-income families get only 3.8 percent of the country’s income and one fifth...

“During our visit, we were able to identify the (devastating) humanitarian impact of sanctions,” said Alena Douhan, a UN special rapporteur focusing on the...

The UN’s main human rights body has overwhelmingly voted to recognise the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right, and...

Although more than 700 million vaccine doses have been administered globally, richer countries have received more than 87 per cent, and low-income countries...

A group of independent human rights experts at the United Nations have called on countries to lift -or at the very least, ease - sanctions to allow affected...

While climate change will have the greatest impact on those living in poverty, it also threatens democracy and human rights. Moreover, it could push 120...

A policy of depriving Iran of assistance in the fight against COVID-19 when neither a treatment nor a cure or vaccine exist – and when USA leads the world in...

Iranian professor Dr. Sirous Asgari, unjustly arrested by the FBI, has now come down with COVID-19 in ICE custody and is at risk of dying. Dr. Asgari is 59...

President Trump and his top aides are working behind the scenes to sideline the World Health Organization on several new fronts as they seek to shift blame...

"In viewing the covid-19 pandemic through the prism of international power politics, Western governments, political observers and media pundits have not only...

The experts urged governments to ensure that adequately staffed and equipped child protection services and law enforcement are available and accessible to...

"Sanctioned countries are especially hard-hit as they cannot use their revenues to purchase imports of equipment, medicines, antiviral and food from global...

More than 300 non-governmental organizations refer to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Iran and the death of citizens as well as a number of doctors,...

The United States accounts for just 4% of the world’s population but 35% of global firearm suicides and 9% of global firearm homicides. 1,500 children are...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that criminals are taking advantage of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

"I feel my friend's pain and my pain. I don't feel anything else".12-year-old Yemeni boy in severe distress following deadly school bus attack in Saada.

The evidence is undeniable. The U.S. sanctions are seriously destroying Iran’s health infrastructure and are leading to immediate deaths and suffering of the...

Under international law, the US should monitor the impact of its sanctions on Iranians’ rights and address any violations sanctions cause.

The Islamic Republic is one of only a few countries to provide comprehensive medical insurance for refugees on the same basis as its own citizens.