EghtesadOnline: The Health Ministry placed all medical centers on high alert as part of efforts to contain an expected sixth wave of the pandemic fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

EghtesadOnline: A knowledge-based firm has developed an online platform, which in addition to helping kindergarten teachers and caregivers in designing educational material, will establish an easy-to-use line of communication between teacher and the parent.

EghtesadOnline: Preschoolers who are regularly tucked into bed by 8 p.m. are far less likely to become obese teenagers than young children who go to sleep later in the evening, new research has found. Bedtimes after 9 p.m. appeared to double the likelihood of obesity later in life, according to a study.

EghtesadOnline: In a bid to help promote the production of children-friendly online content, the ICT Ministry is holding a festival titled ‘Kudak Online’ ( Kids Online in Persian).

EghtesadOnline: Almost a quarter of the 28 million Iranians who play video games are children under 12 years of age, the results of a survey conducted by Iran’s Digital Games Research Center (DIREC) and a local market study firm Hitech Monitor show.