Mental health professionals at Cambridge Health Alliance have been leaving recently, in part because of changes to the Alliance’s treatment model, resulting in some patients losing longtime therapists.

The boardinghouse that Harriet Jacobs ran in the 1870s is now an apartment building at Mount Auburn and Story streets. (Photo: History Cambridge) Harriet Jacobs, author of “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” lived in Cambridge in the 1870s. As his …

After returning in 1864 from work as an army nurse, Emily Parsons’ attention turned to the absence of a hospital in the city. To create one, she relied on a spirit of volunteerism and cooperation she had encountered throughout the Civil War.

A patient admitted to CHA Cambridge Hospital after a suicide attempt nearly succeeded again inside the hospital in 2020, according to state inspectors. Four months later, the hospital still had not carried out all the improvements it promised.

The immediate issue facing the City Council concerns creating a new first response to some calls for help that go to the 911 dispatch system. We hope the city will move forward to do so. But the first response is just that. We must build up the resources and systems available after that first response.

Your evening’s entertainment has been announced as part of the Cambridge Community Foundation’s virtual and free We are Cambridge spring gathering. And there’s more to look forward to May 5 as part of a (pricier) Mount Auburn Hospital fundraiser.

Gov. Charlie Baker is expected to enact “Laura’s Law” Friday, requiring every hospital emergency department in the state to have entrances monitored properly by security, clearly marked and easily accessible, particularly to patients in distress.

People in a mental health crisis, especially children and teens, are waiting as long as a month in Massachusetts hospital emergency rooms for a bed in a psychiatric unit – including 30 just in Cambridge and Everett.

Cambridge reported 63 new Covid-19 cases Thursday, another post-spring high, bringing new orders for managers and employees; and a look at the rollout of vaccines citywide and how to measure infection rates.

The state Legislature has passed “Laura’s Law” to require every hospital emergency department to have entrances that are monitored, clearly marked and easily accessible. The law was inspired by Laura Levis, 34, who died of an asthma attack just steps from an emergency-room door in 2016.