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More than 150,000 naloxone kits have been given out in Scotland to help prevent fatal overdoses from drugs like heroin since 2011. The latest report shows 28,689 kits were handed out in 2022-23.

Lethal new pills on the street have sparked a major warning they could fuel Scotland’s drug death toll.

As cases of Strep A continue to grow in Scotland, officials have warned that medication to treat the bacteria may be “temporarily in limited supply”.

Drinkers in Scotland saw alcohol prices go up faster than those south of the border after minimum pricing laws were introduced, though one of the country's favourite tonics actually fell in price.

Scotland’s poorest people are 74 per cent more likely to die from cancer than the better off, a damning report has shown. Figures published yesterday by Public Health Scotland showed the huge inequality in deaths from the disease over the last decade.

Talks aimed at ending a council worker strike that has seen rubbish pile up in Scottish streets are continuing amid warnings over the impact on public health. Bosses at Public Health Scotland have told local authorities the “decontamination of public areas where bins have overflowed may be required”.

Monkeypox cases in Scotland have risen by two in the latest report from Public Health Scotland (PHS). There have now been 46 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus in Scotland since 23 May 2022.

Public Health Scotland have released a new report that investigates the changes to the severity of Covid-19 and its impact on hospitals in Scotland. The report has found that the changing strains and variants are now causing less hospitalisations.

Scotland now has four confirmed cases of Monkeypox, authorities have confirmed.

An adviser to the Scottish Government on Covid has urged the public not to panic after the first case of monkeypox was confirmed in Scotland.

Scheduled operations in Scots hospitals reached the highest number since the start of the pandemic, last month.

The Scottish schools with the highest Covid-19 outbreaks since the pandemic have been named by Public Health Scotland.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is monitoring growing cases of hepatitis in children across the UK – some of which were detected in Tayside.

Public Heath Scotland is investigating the cause of a small number of cases of hepatitis in young children across the central belt of Scotland, including in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Scotland has recorded a weekend spike in the number of Covid patients being treated in hospitals across the country.Figures published by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland today show 158 people are currently being treated for the virus in the nation's hospitals compared to 128 on Friday.The rise comes as a further 1,250 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Scotland in the last 24 hours – including 112 in Ayrshire.Public Health Scotland say the national figure is lower

coronavirus deaths were recorded overnight in Scotland with 85 new positive cases. The Scottish Government announced the latest figures on Wednesday, May 5, as efforts to control the virus spreading continue.

coronavirus case number in all local authority areas in Scotland has been published by health officials.Public Health Scotland said that in the week between February 15 and 21, Scotland recorded a total of 5,736 positive cases of Covid-19 - which represents 5.0% of people tested for the virus.Scotland’s seven-day positivity rate per 100,000 population in those seven days stood at 105.0, according to the latest data.Falkirk recorded the highest number of cases per 100,000 population during this

pandemic.Stephanie Gillan has become a campaigner after overcoming her mental health battles including facing her own mortality when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.Just days after her diagnosis, her husband Robert was hit by a six-ton truck at work, suffering severe injuries.Now, she has been given the all-clear and has won a beauty pageant.Mum-of-four Stephanie, 29, director of charity Unmasked Mental Health Scotland, said: “During the pandemic, we have seen an increase in