Cambridge Department of Public Health
Health insurance set to rise again in 2027, locals feel squeezed
Cambridge residents and employers are heading into 2027 facing another year of steep health insurance increases, with state regulators approving a double-digit base premium increase for individual and small-group plans and national projections showing similarly sharp hikes in employer health benefit costs. Read more City and school district leaders to speak at panel for immigrant […]
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 […]
Residents ask tough questions at Memorial Drive debrief
About 50 community members braved a downpour to attend a “Community Debrief” on the May 11 shooting on Memorial Drive, which made national news and left the perpetrator and two victims hospitalized. Those gathered in the steamy Cambridge Community Center gym, about a 10-minute walk from the incident’s site, listened to local leaders before grilling […]