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
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Nunavut asks federal gov’t for help handling tuberculosis outbreaks
Nunavut’s chief public health officer, Dr. Sean Wachtel, says he will be requesting federal aid to help deal with the territory’s
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Naujaat becomes 3rd Nunavut community to face tuberculosis outbreak
There are 6 active cases and 10 latent cases in the community, says health department Nunavut’s Health Department declared an
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Tuberculosis rising after COVID-19 pandemic redirected services, say health officials
By Alison Northcott ‘Huge rebound’ in TB deaths and cases in some areas, according to Canadian health officials Canada’s longstanding
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Nunavut declares tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet
Nunavut’s chief public health officer has declared an outbreak of tuberculosis in Pond Inlet. Five people in the north Baffin
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Privacy commissioner in Nunavut, Canada says government should release more data on tuberculosis
Nunavut’s privacy commissioner wants to see more transparency from the territorial government when it comes to tuberculosis cases. Nunavut has
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Coronavirus hurting Alaska attempt to reduce tuberculosis
Alaska is on track to repeat last year’s mark of the U.S.’s highest rate of tuberculosis infections, health officials said.
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COVID-19 shouldn’t overshadow ongoing fight against TB, Canadian Inuit leaders say
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Canada’s Inuit were already grappling with a much deadlier respiratory disease: tuberculosis. The TB rate
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Eliminating tuberculosis among Canada’s Inuit stalled due to lack of funding
Nearly two years after the federal government committed to eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit by 2030, progress is stalled and the
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Canadian government eyes ‘meaningful resolution’ to Indian hospitals class action lawsuit
The Canadian government has consented to the certification of a proposed $1.1 billion class action lawsuit filed over Indian hospitals
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Inuit describe ‘bittersweet’ experience at burial sites of lost loved ones in Southern Canada
Inuit families travel to Southern Canada to discover their relatives are in unmarked graves. For Simon Nattaq, it was a
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TB rates remain high in Nunavut, Canada despite community testing
Tuberculosis rates in Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) remain high despite the federal government spending millions of dollars on screening clinics
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Tuberculosis: Inuk man identifies mother’s burial site in southern Canada, 61 years later
Jack Anawak has waited more than 60 years to know where his mother is buried. Anawak, a well-known figure in
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Longread – How an Inuit community in Atlantic Canada fought a tuberculosis outbreak
Gussie Bennett, a popular and outgoing teenager in Nain, Newfoundland, used to run down to the community rink every day
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Canada’s PM apologizes to Inuit for ‘colonial’ mistreatment of tuberculosis patients
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today apologized in Iqaluit, Nunavut for the federal policy on tuberculosis in the mid-20th century,
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