How the legacy of Canada’s tuberculosis sanatoriums haunts public health efforts in Pangnirtung
Sixty-five years ago, tuberculosis left Nancy Anilniliak with an invisible scar. In 1958, when she was five, Anilniliak was taken
Read moreSixty-five years ago, tuberculosis left Nancy Anilniliak with an invisible scar. In 1958, when she was five, Anilniliak was taken
Read moreNunavut’s chief public health officer, Dr. Sean Wachtel, says he will be requesting federal aid to help deal with the territory’s
Read moreThere are 6 active cases and 10 latent cases in the community, says health department Nunavut’s Health Department declared an
Read moreBy Alison Northcott ‘Huge rebound’ in TB deaths and cases in some areas, according to Canadian health officials Canada’s longstanding
Read moreNunavut’s chief public health officer has declared an outbreak of tuberculosis in Pond Inlet. Five people in the north Baffin
Read moreNunavut’s privacy commissioner wants to see more transparency from the territorial government when it comes to tuberculosis cases. Nunavut has
Read moreAlaska is on track to repeat last year’s mark of the U.S.’s highest rate of tuberculosis infections, health officials said.
Read moreBefore the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Canada’s Inuit were already grappling with a much deadlier respiratory disease: tuberculosis. The TB rate
Read moreNearly two years after the federal government committed to eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit by 2030, progress is stalled and the
Read moreThe Canadian government has consented to the certification of a proposed $1.1 billion class action lawsuit filed over Indian hospitals
Read moreInuit families travel to Southern Canada to discover their relatives are in unmarked graves. For Simon Nattaq, it was a
Read moreTuberculosis rates in Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) remain high despite the federal government spending millions of dollars on screening clinics
Read moreJack Anawak has waited more than 60 years to know where his mother is buried. Anawak, a well-known figure in
Read moreGussie Bennett, a popular and outgoing teenager in Nain, Newfoundland, used to run down to the community rink every day
Read moreCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today apologized in Iqaluit, Nunavut for the federal policy on tuberculosis in the mid-20th century,
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