Drug-related deaths in Scotland, regularly the worst country in Europe for fatalities from substance abuse, have hit a record high, according to government figures released on Tuesday.
Dec 15, 2020
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As an unusual term comes to a close and Christmas holidays draw closer, students at the University of St Andrews in Scotland filed in and out of a sports hall that has been transformed into a mass coronavirus testing centre.
Nov 28, 2020
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Scotland on Tuesday voted to offer free universal access to period products, becoming the first country in the world to do so.
Nov 24, 2020
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Scotland ordered a two-week closure of pubs on Wednesday in the central part of the country including the main cities Glasgow and Edinburgh, as ministers try to curb a rise in coronavirus cases.
Oct 7, 2020
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Scotland on Thursday launched a smartphone app for tracking coronavirus cases using technology developed by Apple and Google, while neighbouring England is still struggling to roll out its own troubled version.
Sep 10, 2020
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An occupational health expert is calling for a major review of workplace health and safety in Scotland following "failings" revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 3, 2020
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Scientists sequencing the virus samples from the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Scotland have determined multiple introductions, mainly from European countries such as Italy, Austria and Spain—and showed that Scotland's ...
Jun 10, 2020
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Britain on Monday recorded 55 coronavirus deaths in the previous 24 hours—the country's lowest daily total in more than two months, with Scotland now going two days without a fatality.
Jun 8, 2020
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Clinicians in many countries are using what's known as the Growth Assessment Protocol (GAP) to monitor fetal growth in pregnant women. Some reports state that the programme may be linked with reduced rates of stillbirth, ...
Apr 8, 2020
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The law, banning smoking in cars carrying children, has seen the proportion of teens exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke fall by 72% in England, suggests an analysis of survey data, published online in the journal Thorax.
Jan 27, 2020
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