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  • Importance of flu vaccination highlighted

    • 08 October 2020
    • News stories
    • Immunisations

    This year the vaccine is being offered to more people than ever to address the additional risk posed by COVID-19.

  • Vaccine offers protection for most clinically vulnerable to COVID-19

    • 28 July 2021
    • News stories
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Study shows that a single vaccine dose offers as much protection from severe COVID-19 to people who were previously on the shielding list as it does for the rest of the population

  • Price distribution of off-trade alcohol changes in Scotland, following implementation of MUP

    • 10 June 2021
    • News stories
    • Alcohol

    Today Public Health Scotland published an analysis of the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing on the price distribution of alcohol products sold in the Scottish off-trade.

  • Are the kids alright?

    • 16 September 2021
    • News stories
    • Children
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    New PHS survey to find out how COVID-19 is continuing to affect young families in Scotland.

  • School meals and COVID-19

    • 10 March 2021
    • News stories
    • Children
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    How school meal provision can help combat child poverty, increase food security and promote healthy eating habits in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Double vaccination provides good protection against death from COVID-19 Delta variant

    • 22 October 2021
    • News stories
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    • Immunisations

    A research team from Public Health Scotland have found that two vaccine dose are over 90 per cent effective at preventing deaths from the Delta variant of COVID-19.

  • Briefing to evidence 20% car km reduction

    • 17 January 2022
    • News stories
    • Place

    PHS welcomes Transport Scotland’s route-map to achieving a 20% reduction in car kilometres by 2030 and has published an evidence briefing to support the policy on behalf of the Public Health and Sustainable Transport Partnership group.

  • Local Government: A key player in being physically active

    • 14 May 2021
    • News stories
    • Diet and healthy weight

    In partnership with COSLA and sportscotland, we have produced a paper which outlines the benefits of physical activity to our health and wellbeing.

  • Changes to COVID-19 reporting

    • 08 December 2021
    • News stories
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    The new look PHS COVID-19 and Winter Weekly Report has published for the first time today. Each Wednesday, the refocused report will support the reader in drawing insights from a wider range of existing metrics around COVID-19 and winter pressures.

  • Upcoming changes to COVID-19 reporting

    • 24 November 2021
    • News stories
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    As part of our continuous review of reporting, Public Health Scotland will implement some changes to our COVID-19 Weekly Report and Daily Dashboard in the coming weeks.