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Grant Sugden: HIV stigma is doing more damage than the virus itself
We are facing another monumental public health opportunity - to end new transmissions of HIV by 2030.
Catherine Deveney: Pharmaceutical companies have become a shameful medical mafia
It is incomprehensible that nations allow drugs companies to blackmail international healthcare.
The Voice of the North: Railway safety is paramount but heritage fears are understandable
Scotland has a strong and proud connection to the railway, and steam locomotives in particular, write The P&J's editorial team.
Opinion: Stigma made small island community judge me for my HIV status
Opening up about HIV can result in unfair treatment - it's high time we eradicated that stigma, writes Gary, who is HIV positive.
Euan McColm: How dire must NHS get before politicians do something to save it?
The NHS now buckles under the pressure of an ever-increasing elderly population, along with politicians' failure to initiate reform.
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Chris Cromar: Do away with St Andrew’s Day and unite Scotland with new national celebration
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Erica Munro: Listen to your children, because bullies could change them irreparably
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Catherine Deveney: Pharmaceutical companies have become a shameful medical mafia
Moreen Simpson: Single-sex schools are on their way out – but is it the right move?
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Euan McColm: How dire must NHS get before politicians do something to save it?
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James Millar: Powerful but overlooked middle-aged women will decide general election winner
Gaza conflict
Catherine Deveney: Children in war zones are being failed – do we hate our enemies more than we love our kids?
Euan McColm: MSPs are doing nothing of substance with posturing Gaza ceasefire vote
Kate Ramsden: People in the north won’t rest until a Gaza ceasefire is called
Avigail Abarbanel: I grew up in Israel and saw indefensible brutality towards Palestinians first-hand
Chris Deerin: It’s clear why Jewish people still feel the need to ‘keep a suitcase by the door’
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Cost-of-living crisis
Catherine Deveney: How can we lock up desperate shoplifters while corporations rob us blind?
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Catriona Thomson: Fuel poverty isn’t a new problem, so why hasn’t Scotland tackled it properly yet?
Hayden Lorimer: Saving Aberdeen libraries is about protecting connection, warmth, safety and freedom
Catherine Deveney: Mental health crisis will continue as long as we ignore poverty, isolation and trauma
Kerry Hudson: Spiralling deprivation crisis is teaching children they don’t matter
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Erica Munro: Listen to your children, because bullies could change them irreparably
The Voice of the North: Railway safety is paramount but heritage fears are understandable
Opinion: Stigma made small island community judge me for my HIV status
Catherine Deveney: Pharmaceutical companies have become a shameful medical mafia
Moreen Simpson: Single-sex schools are on their way out – but is it the right move?
Euan McColm: How dire must NHS get before politicians do something to save it?
Grant Sugden: HIV stigma is doing more damage than the virus itself
Jim McGillivray: There’s no public money, so why write off private Coul Links investment?
James Millar: Powerful but overlooked middle-aged women will decide general election winner
Alex Watson: How to survive Christmas and Hogmanay sober
Russell Borthwick: What do rented homes and the oil industry have in common?
Iain Maciver: ‘Tis the season for islanders to make their annual unmentionables trip
Kiesha Donaghy murder: ‘Anderson Drive is a close community with families trying to live their lives in sometimes the most difficult circumstances’
Colin Farquhar: It’s officially OK to put your Christmas tree up and start feeling festive cheer
Scott Begbie: Kintore Station success proves more rail links would get north-east on track
Ruth Herbert: Scotland paving way for carbon capture and storage
Donna McLean: Dublin has been allowed to become a deprived breeding ground for hate
Robbie Marsland: Finally, Scotland seems to be getting more ethical about animals
Chris Cromar: Do away with St Andrew’s Day and unite Scotland with new national celebration
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Alex Dold: How I ended up studying to become a ‘doctor of Outlander’
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