Tuberculosis remains a persistent scourge in northern regions
The bad news about tuberculosis is that it remains a scourge in much of the Arctic: Alaska, and its rural areas in particular, for example, consistently have America’s highest rates of the illness. In 2015, it was three times the national average. Alaska Natives account for 70 percent of the cases recorded in the state.
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