Health

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is "too early" to declare an international public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak as six people are tested for the illness in the UK.

Doctors are testing at least five patients in Scotland who are suspected of having coronavirus, according to the Scottish Government.

There are likely to be "many more cases" of suspected coronavirus across the UK, a professor has said as four people undergo tests in Scotland.

Universities in Scotland are 'monitoring' the coronavirus outbreak, as one UK institution warned students heading home for Chinese New Year that they would face being quarantined on their return.

Families and fathers’ charities have hit back at claims that partners’ overnight stays in maternity ward at one of Scotland’s biggest health board is compromising patient care.

Listen and learn were the watchwords for a new review which aims to transform how Scotland deals with the consequences of family breakdown, writes Ewan Aitken.

Charges for non-residential social care for people with Parkinson’s and other long term conditions should be scrapped, according to a leading charity.

Shopping and travelling are two everyday activities that most of us take for granted, but for people with hidden disabilities the experience can be a stressful one.

An infectious SARS-like coronavirus is currently spreading in parts of Asia, with more than 570 people struck down with sickness, and at least 17 deaths attributed to the disease.

There has been no impact on underage drinking as a result of minimum unit pricing in Scotland, a study has found.

It will be the first paediatric operating room at Kakuma refugee camp.

Minimum unit pricing of alcohol has resulted in a fall in sales, but more must be done before Scotland, as a nation, stops being a problem drinker.

Be it as a member of a bomber crew, a jazz musician, businessman or charity organiser, Drew Learmonth has lived a long and highly useful life.

A new initiative called ‘Wanderers and Adventurers’ is being launched in a bid to address Scotland’s long-standing problem of GP recruitment and retention.

Enhanced monitoring will be put in place for all direct flights from the area of China at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak to the UK, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has said.