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Possible tuberculosis exposure at Yellowknife emergency room as N.W.T. declares outbreak

The N.W.T.’s acting chief public health officer has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in Yellowknife after two cases were recently identified…

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Inuit honour family who never came home after travelling south for tuberculosis treatment

WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. With a stifled sob, Mary Tuktudjuk says she’s spent all of her life…

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Inuit leaders disappointed with budget’s lack of money for tuberculosis elimination

Inuit leaders are concerned with the federal Liberal budget’s lack of new cash specifically earmarked for eliminating tuberculosis in Inuit…

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Nunavut family speaks out after 8-year-old given tuberculosis medication meant for another child

When Jaffar Gebara found out that his eight-year-old daughter was being given medication for sleeping tuberculosis at her school, he…

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Nursing shortage, overcrowded homes in Pimicikamak Cree Nation make tuberculosis cases difficult to monitor

The chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation says overcrowding and poor access to health-care services in his community can…

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Tuberculosis screening clinic to open in Pangnirtung, Nunavut

Nearly two years after the government of Nunavut declared a tuberculosis outbreak in Pangnirtung, a community-wide screening clinic will open in…

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Canada

Tuberculosis rates are on the rise in Nunavik communities

An annual music festival was postponed due to a tuberculosis outbreak in northern Quebec, while the Nunavik region struggles with…

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