Tuberculosis outbreaks in Pond Inlet and Pangnirtung have been resolved, according to Nunavut's Department of Health on July ...

Two outbreaks of tuberculosis (TB) in Nunavut have been declared over after a yearslong public health battle.

Nunavut's health department has officially declared an end to tuberculosis outbreaks in Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet.

However, infectious diseases that were hitherto under control are re-emerging globally and the pathogens of these diseases are highly resistant to known antibiotics.

Erin Corriveau: Tuberculosis is something that a lot of our public health laws actually protect. And so outbreaks of TB don’t happen very commonly anymore in the United States.

The origin of the TB outbreak in Kansas remains unknown as of early March 2025. The outbreak has disproportionately affected those in low-income communities, and two people have died from it.

The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an important public health lesson.

Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID-19 as the leading disease cause of death in the world.

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Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...

Recent TB Outbreak in Kansas City In a press release, KDHE explained that this outbreak has been ongoing since January 2024, with most patients infected in early 2024 and throughout the summer. As ...