Edinburgh News

MMR jab after the world's only single mumps vaccine manufacturer stopped production, it was revealed yesterday. Supplies of the single jab Mumpsvax ran dry earlier this year but Scottish clinics were assured that production by US firm Merck would resume...

A total of 264 cases of syphilis were diagnosed in Scotland in 2008, the most in more than half a century. A report prepared by the National Health Service also showed young people are the most likely to contract sexually...

Scotland's Year of Homecoming have hailed the initiative as a huge success – despite admitting the number of overseas visitors had slumped this year. The number of foreign visitors is down 2.7 per cent so far while the number of...

Godman goes into Scotland's game against Australia this evening knowing he can kick the spectre of Chris Paterson into touch once and for all. Edinburgh fly-half Godman has spent years in the shadow of Paterson at both club and international...

Tailor-made microbes could save thousands of lives a year in poor nations, but not in the way you would think. A new breed of bioengineered bacteria can spot buried explosives. A group of students at the University of Edinburgh have...

The glowing expectant mother and her husband of 61 years. The British monarch and her consort, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 87, confirmed rumors Tuesday that the queen recently entered her second trimester, and that a little Baron or Baroness...

Ball-and-all tactics … Wallabies coach Robbie Deans, centre, takes a hands-on approach at training in Edinburgh this week in preparation for Australia's Test against Scotland. Photo: AP November 21, 2009 When the Wallabies headed north a month ago, they would...