Health

COVID-19 alert level for the UK increased to level four

This comes after a briefing that the UK could see more than 200 deaths a day from coronavirus in November

Nicola Sturgeon warns of further restrictions as Scotland faces ‘exponential growth’ in coronavirus

The First Minister said she wanted to “give the nation advance notice” that there are likely to be some “hard but necessary decisions” in the coming days

'Nobody gives you a manual for this kind of stuff': Humza Yousaf and Nadia El-Nakla on their experience of multiple miscarriages

Scottish universities receive funding for ground-breaking healthcare projects

Jumpstarting the health system: 'If I can go through major surgery, then why can’t I be checked up just now?'

Families 'heartbroken' and 'appalled' at Home Farm care home reports

More quarantine measures as Scottish coronavirus cases continue to rise

Home Farm care home to be bought and managed by NHS Highland

MSPs to take evidence on Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 impact on race and employment

Associate feature: We must make the right decisions now for our young people’s future

Review of adult social care and proposals for indyref2 feature in programme for government

Associate feature: The new normal

New benefit announced to help families with disabilities meet cost of heating

Poverty commission 'shocked' at councils' low spend of Scottish Welfare Fund

All change: a crunch year for the constitutional question

Only one fifth of teachers see themselves in career in five years' time, poll finds

UK Government to trial £13-a-day payment for low-paid people asked to self-isolate in high Covid areas

Associate feature: The pandemic has shown the need for a new heart disease strategy

Asylum system needs 'wholesale reform' Nicola Sturgeon says

School’s back? Only until they catch the next bug

Scottish school pupils to wear face coverings from 31 August

New figures reveal diagnostic testing backlog due to COVID-19

Jeane Freeman to step down at 2021 Scottish election

Senior SNP figures Roseanna Cunningham and Alex Neil to stand down at Holyrood election

Comment: Scotland’s best days are still ahead

Battling the biggest health crisis in a century