The annual healthcare cost for Campylobacter infections in Scotland is £3 million ($3.9 million), according to recently released research by Health Protection Scotland. The study on Campylobacter, ...

Health Protection Scotland has published annual surveillance reports for Listeria, hepatitis A and E, norovirus, Shigella and Yersinia. Data shows a decline in Listeria, Shigella, Yersinia and ...

Contaminated heroin may have caused an anthrax outbreak among drug addicts in Scotland, killing six people and infecting 12 in total, health officials said Thursday. All of the people stricken with ...

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Last year 5,796 lab reports were received by HPS which was an increase of 485 (9.1%) compared to 2016 when 5,311 isolates were reported. The increase follows a decline in each of the previous two ...

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is highly effective in preventing cervical pre-cancer and cancer over a decade after ...

NHS Scotland has used ServiceNow’s Now Platform as the digital backbone to support the rapid roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines. To meet the demand for vaccinations in a timely and safe manner, NHS ...

Public knowledge of HPV, cervical cancer and vaccination is central to ensuring good vaccination coverage in the female population and success of future HPV testing strategies that will reduce the ...

A row has broken out following the publication of Clostridium difficile rates in Scotland. Health Protection Scotland figures suggest rates of C.diff are at their lowest since records began in 2006 - ...