Montreal public health reports sharp increase in tuberculosis, syphilis cases

Montreal public health officials are calling for better access to tuberculosis care after a sharp rise in the number of cases reported last year.The regional health authority reported 203 new cases in 2024, compared with an average of 123 cases per year over the previous decade.About 89 per cent of Montreal’s cases since 2015 involved people born outside Canada, and most contracted the disease outside the country.