Health
Environment, Health
Oil firm backed by Scots company allegedly put Indigenous people at risk in Peru
Finance, Health
Scottish care homes owned by the Chinese state in tax havens
Fact check, Health
How has Scotland done on coronavirus testing?
Ferret Fact Service looks at how Scotland’s testing programme has been delivered during the coronavirus pandemic.
Health, Politics, Society
SNP’s mental health spokesperson voted against move to limit abortion clinic protests
Women’s organisations criticised the SNP’s Westminster mental health spokesperson, Dr Lisa Cameron MP, after she voted against restrictions on demonstrations near abortion clinics in England.
Fact check, Health
Coronavirus: How badly has Scotland been affected?
Ferret Fact Service looks at the different ways to measure the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in Scotland and around the world.
Environment, Health
Rejected meat: five million defects found by food watchdog
More than five million animal welfare problems, contamination and processing faults have caused the Scottish Government’s food safety watchdog to deem meat unsafe for human consumption since 2016.
Health
MSPs urged to learn from Skye nursing home Covid-19 outbreak
Scotland’s leaders urged to look at Home Farm on Skye as a tragic example of where things have gone wrong in the government’s Covid-19 response.
Health
Care providers hit by ‘100-fold increase’ in PPE price gouging
Care providers have warned they are “swimming in shark infested waters” after experiencing a “100-fold increase” in companies offering personal protective equipment at extortionate prices.