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

“Despite ongoing pressures on services, recent statistics from Public Health Scotland show progress is being made, with a ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...