Official figures show cancer mortality rates fell by almost a quarter between 2000 and 2024.

Scotland is in the grip of its worst flu crisis in years as hospitalisations and infections surge with a mutant strain sweeping the country. A mutated H3N2 influenza strain, which is already known for ...

Flu activity in Scotland has decreased for the second consecutive week, though the Health Secretary has warned the virus will continue to spread over the festive season and into February and March.

A vaccination program has cut hospital admissions for a respiratory virus among older people in Scotland by nearly two-thirds. A study by the University of Strathclyde and Public Health Scotland (PHS) ...

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has shared data revealing the number of outbreaks and illnesses caused by different pathogens in 2022 and 2023. Surveillance of outbreaks in Scotland was suspended due to ...

Opioid dependence in Scotland remains high but largely stable, according to a new University of Bristol-led analysis published in Addiction today [18 April] and by Public Health Scotland. The study is ...

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A new academic report from Abertay University and the University of the West of Scotland has highlighted challenges affecting physical activity in Scotland and calls for changes to the policy and ...

Death from cancer in Scotland has become less likely in the last decade, according to new figures, but experts have warned there is “still much ...