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, […]
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 […]
Cambridge nears completion of outdoor AED rollout across 46 public spaces
Cambridge has nearly finished installing 46 new automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, across parks and other public spaces. The devices, which analyze a person’s heart rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest and deliver an electric shock if needed, are part of an effort to make lifesaving treatment available before emergency crews can arrive. Read more Armyworms […]
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 […]
City stops demolition begun without permits
The demolition of a multifamily home at 66 Kinnaird St. was halted until further notice Monday when neighbors reported the site for a lack of safety measures. After calls from residents, Cambridge’s Inspectional Services Department (ISD) confirmed the demolition began without required permits and ordered work to stop. The contractor will also receive a citation […]