Program feeding households isolated for Covid wins for health department, CEOC, Food for Free
Cambridge’s Public Health Department and partners got national recognition for a program supplying food to individuals and families isolating after a positive test for Covid.
Officials add monkeypox prep to list of concerns, calling for staff to enact plan with more urgency
As monkeypox continues to spread, the Cambridge Health Alliance has treated seven patients with confirmed cases of the virus and is offering vaccinations to people “at high risk.”
Attend meetings on a city-run shuttle bus idea, Brattle Street bike lanes and preserving The Pit
Public meetings this week look at monkeypox preparedness, a proposal for city-run delivery services making up for MBTA failings with shuttle buses, Brattle Street bike lanes, preserving The Pit and more.
Early project community engagement meetings should have an in-person option, board agrees
Developers have introduced plans remotely during the Covid pandemic, but may be expected to hold either a hybrid meeting or two meetings, including one that’s in-person.
Attend meetings on Starlight Square’s future, developer ‘linkage’ fees, better parks and more
Public meetings this week look at better parks and open spaces and citywide design guidelines, developer “linkage” fees for affordable housing, permitting for Starlight Square and more.
Aligning vaccinations with new census figures corrects obvious errors but lowers rates for city
Updated Cambridge population numbers based on the 2020 Census have deflated the city’s Covid-19 vaccination performance, with slightly lower vaccination percentages overall but bigger drops in vaccination figures for some age and racial and ethnic groups.
D&D, with ‘Stranger Things’ and Covid bumps, continues to be the mission at Pandemonium
Netflix’s smash hit “Stranger Things” combines horror, fantasy and 1980s nostalgia, and not just to the benefit of the streaming service – it also delivered a bump in popularity to the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, played live weekly in Central Square.
Project grapples with ‘Pandemic Experience,’ turning students’ emotions into clay tile art
As the world continued to grapple this spring with the repercussions of living through a pandemic, Emily Newmann, Liana Trail and the fifth-graders of Graham & Parks School turned art into a mechanism for channeling emotion.
Parents hesitate to get Covid shots for youngest, while infections of older residents edge upward
The city is making a concerted push to overcome parental reluctance and get children under 5 vaccinated against Covid-19. “What we feel like we’re dealing with at this point is [a] resistance to take their children to be vaccinated,” chief public health officer Derrick Neal told city councillors.
Children under 5 can get vaccinated against Covid at free Saturday clinic offered by Health Alliance
Cambridge Health Alliance will begin offering long-awaited Covid-19 vaccinations to children under 5 starting Saturday at a clinic in Somerville, one of the first health care systems in the Boston area to offer the vaccine at a clinic since authorization June 17.
