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NEWS: Iqaluit September 04, 2012 - 4:25 pm
Nunavut health officials wage new health battle: against syphilis
More than a dozen cases detected in Iqaluit since January 2012
DAVID MURPHY
If you live in Iqaluit and you have sexual relations without a condom, you need to worry about catching a nasty ? and potentially lethal ? sexually transmitted infection: syphilis.
Nunavut doctors say they?re worried about an alarming outbreak of syphilis that started earlier this year in the territory.
The 13 cases of syphilis that have surfaced in Iqaluit since last January prompted officials from the Government of Nunavut?s Department of Health and Social Services to hold a press conference in Iqaluit Sept. 4...
NEWS: Iqaluit September 04, 2012 - 4:25 pm
Nunavut health officials wage new health battle: against syphilis
More than a dozen cases detected in Iqaluit since January 2012
DAVID MURPHY
If you live in Iqaluit and you have sexual relations without a condom, you need to worry about catching a nasty ? and potentially lethal ? sexually transmitted infection: syphilis.
Nunavut doctors say they?re worried about an alarming outbreak of syphilis that started earlier this year in the territory.
The 13 cases of syphilis that have surfaced in Iqaluit since last January prompted officials from the Government of Nunavut?s Department of Health and Social Services to hold a press conference in Iqaluit Sept. 4...
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