Public Health
Cambridge, Somerville vaccine clinics launch
Cambridge and Somerville have both announced the schedule for free public vaccine clinics for flu and COVID-19. Read more Pressley takes EZRide trip to promote transit Cambridge will have five clinics, starting today, Wednesday, at the Senior Center between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. The last one will be October 30 from 1 p.m. to […]
Young adults in Mass. most likely to enter treatment for alcohol addiction
Amid an overall decline in the number of young adults in Massachusetts seeking addiction treatment, alcohol has displaced heroin as a leading reason for entering rehab. Read more City proposes reducing inclusionary zoning rules – for now An analysis of federal treatment data by Woodlands Grove Recovery Campus, a northwest Ohio based addiction treatment center, […]
Cambridge braces for SNAP and MassHealth Cuts
During Monday night’s meeting, City Council unanimously authorized a request from City Manager Yi-An Huang to allocate $500,000 from the city’s Federal Stabilization Fund to help residents keep MassHealth and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that are jeopardized by the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Read more Cemetery screenings that don’t […]
MIT will reopen Building 18
MIT’s Emergency Management Department said it would reopen a building Monday Aug. 31 at 6 a.m., more than four days after closing it due to potential for poisoning by dimethyl mercury. Read more Simon’s says farewell, with hopes of reopening soon The Emergency Management Department issued a statement at 10:17 p.m. saying that “appropriate decontamination […]
MIT closes building after toxic incident
MIT evacuated a building Wednesday after a spill involving dimethyl mercury, an extremely potent neurotoxin. MIT’s Emergency Management department posted a message Saturday afternoon saying that a “single individual in a chemistry laboratory” went to a local emergency room and claimed to have synthesized dimethyl mercury. Read more Cambridge Day’s 2026 state election preview The […]
West Nile and Charles River advisories; plus, an equity survey
Cambridge residents are being urged to take extra precautions against mosquito bites after the city’s West Nile virus risk level was raised from moderate to high. Meanwhile, a cyanobacteria bloom continued to keep part of the Charles River closed to recreation. Read more At 103, Holocaust survivor and longtime Cantabrigian Kitty Haas is not ready […]
Nursing home settlement allows homes to gain exemptions to room occupancy limits
A Cambridge nursing home is among 33 homes that won a settlement from the state making it easier for them to continue housing as many as four residents in a room. The agreement came in a lawsuit from nursing homes challenging a pandemic-linked rules change limiting occupancy to two beds per room. Read more Harvard […]
Heat emergency declared for Cambridge and Somerville July 1-4
The lead-up to Independence Day weekend is expected to be a scorcher. Both Cambridge and Somerville have declared heat emergencies July 1 – 4 due to “extreme” and “dangerously hot” temperatures. The heat index, which measures the “real feel” of temperature on a human body, could be as high as 110 degrees. Read more Cambridge […]
Cambridge prepares for World Cup to overflow
Throngs have flocked to the metro Boston area for the FIFA World Cup, which will see seven matches at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough between Saturday, June 13 and July 7. Locals have already spotted soccer fans donning kilts as they roam the streets ahead of Saturday’s game between Scotland and Haiti. Read more Best bites […]
Cambridge Public Health Department faces questions following Odunze, Neal absences
Cambridge’s chief public health officer, Derrick Neal, wasn’t the only high-ranking official to leave the Cambridge Public Health Department in the spring without an announcement or explanation. The second-in-command, deputy chief public health officer Deborah Ngozi Odunze, also departed. At the time of Neal’s departure, it was unclear why the department replaced him with Tracy […]