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Dr Diane Stockton, Consultant at Public Health Scotland, explains in this blog why simple comparisons of COVID-19 rates in those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated should not be used to assess how effective a vaccine is in preventing serious health outcomes.

Dr Rachael Wood, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, discusses the pioneering work and findings of the ongoing COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study, which seeks to understand the effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy-related issues in Scotland.

Read about how PHS is supporting localised working to improve health and wellbeing within local communities.

Our latest blog focuses on the new online public health learning hub and how it can help all of us to easily answer the question of what public health is.

The Public Health Microbiology Team in PHS discuss tracking the Delta variant and the importance of whole genome sequencing in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sam Whitmore from our Place Standard Tool team talks about the new Climate Lens resource due to complete in spring 2022 to help protect health and combat climate change.

Author Grant Wyper discusses the latest from our Scottish Burden of Disease study, which helps us to show where service improvements and approaches to improve health are needed at local and national levels, to enable people to live longer, healthier lives.

Colleagues from our healthcare audits service area explain how accurate and robust data supports better decision making to improve clinical practice and patient care.

Senior Advisor Dr Andrew Fraser discusses the enduring public health challenge of non-communicable disease in Scotland, and why action to prevent the harms associated with health harming products is as urgent as ever.

Diane Stockton shares how data collected through our Enhanced COVID-19 Surveillance in Education Programme is supporting a safe return to school in the new 2021 term.