In a quiet corner of Glasgow’s East End, a radical public health experiment is underway. For the first time in the United Kingdom, people who inject illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine can do so ...

Yellow heat health alerts from the UK's Health Security Agency are in force across central and southern parts of England ...

A woman died after falling at a beauty spot on one of the hottest days in Scotland for two years - emergency services raced ...

People living in deprived areas of Scotland are at a higher risk of being bitten or injured by a dog, a study has revealed.

The Scottish study, one of the largest on long covid, found that 1 in 20 people had not recovered more than six months after infection.

Gonorrhoea cases remain alarmingly high in Scotland, a new report has found, with a spike among older men prompting the ...

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 ...

Health professionals are calling for a national conversation to be had in Scotland on alcohol and the workplace.

Nearly 10,000 staff in Scotland’s “bloated” public sector are on six-figure salaries, the most detailed survey ever of their ...

Statistics released by Public Health Scotland (PHS) show that the number of abortions carried out in Scotland in 2023 -18,207 - was the highest number on record.

Scotland's national public health agency has warned of a risk to public health as bin strikes continue across the country.