The number of new Covid-19 infections in Cambridge remains relatively low but has been rising among residents in some of the city’s nursing homes and assisted-living centers. There’s a push on to get more people up to date with vaccines against the coronavirus and flu.

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The MIT Museum reopens Oct. 2 after a Covid lockdown that merged into an expected shutdown so it could relocate to a newly built home in Kendall Square.

The East Cambridge Business Association’s 13th Annual Smoke This Rib Fest is back as it was meant to be: a throng packed onto on Cambridge Street, feasting to the sounds of friendly chatter and live music.

Cambridge Public Schools welcomed first-graders through high school seniors Tuesday to a new academic year, one superintendent Victoria Greer will oversee start to finish.

The high school’s sports registration numbers have resurged and hit their highest levels ever, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School athletic director Tom Arria said.

Cambridge already tests its wastewater for Covid-19, and now the city is adding testing for influenza, but poliovirus and monkeypox testing is more complicated.

Public health officials have said heightened Covid precautions aren’t necessary because of vaccine availability and vaccination rates. Coalition members disagreed.

Public meetings this week look at pre-kindergarten for more 4-year-olds, school district Covid updates, a proposed License Commission hearing fee of $100 and more.

The Honk! festival of activist street bands returns to a full weekend schedule this year after a 2020 virtual version and one last year shrunken to a single day by Covid concerns.