"Quitting smoking is an important part of fighting COVID-19"
The Government of Nunavut is giving people a new reason to quit smoking this year: it could help lessen the risk of contracting COVID-19. “Having lung problems from smoking might increase the risk of getting COVID-19 and may make some symptoms of the illness worse,” the Government of Nunavut said in a news release Jan....
“The long-term goal is getting more Indigenous [people] and Inuit into the health-care system"
MP deserves credit for seeking help when she needed it
Health Department releases list of positions, days after government "trashed" over perceived lack of access to service
Lessons learned in a dark year
Birthing centre in Rankin Inlet has not done deliveries since two midwives quit in August
New funding will support Alluriarniq program for five years
But Nunavimmiut with more “social and community support” tended to report more binge drinking
Smoking still poses big risk to lung health of Nunavimmiut
“This is the result of many years of work”
Youth without internet access could get devices shipped to them once fully launched
Positive cases had been climbing for three weeks
Territory stands at 142 active cases, Health Department says
Kitikmeot Inuit Association receives additional federal funding for families, elders, artist and sewers
PM, premier talked about federal support as Nunavut’s lockdown began and cases climb to 70
“I am advocating for my safety”
Nunavut minister hopes deal brings health care to par with rest of the country
“We want to ensure that we strengthen cultural training and cultural safety”
Nunavut’s health minister says “resources are tied up”
“Would you like to notify the authorities, but you don’t know how? This is now possible.”
Pandemic has had “tremendous impact on our tuberculosis path forward,” says health minister
“This was not only a dream, but it was a necessity”
Housing corporation plans to spend $30.7 million on mould removal over the next six year
Nunavut Health Minister George Hickes receives his annual flu shot on Tuesday, Oct. 20. “The flu shot is something that’s very important not just to protect ourselves but for the people that we are around or come into contact with, like, under the COVID-19 measures, wearing a mask,” he said. This year Hickes was also joined by Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, who also received a shot. “The flu shot is the best defence against getting the flu and while it does not protect against COVID-19. The flu vaccine can help reduce the number of respiratory infections we see this fall and winter,” said Patterson. “As COVID-19 has similar symptoms to the flu, reducing your risk of getting the flu also means reducing the chance that you will be isolated, while you are tested for COVID-19.” (Photo by Dustin Patar)
Appointments will be necessary
Vaccines should be available in all communities by mid-October
“Tenants became really emotional and stressed out”
“It’s tough enough to be in isolation without this happening”
“Our governments are not dealing with the poison that is still killing Indigenous citizens”
