Mid-Cambridge for-profit has most deficiencies in an annual inspection of city’s nursing homes
Health care experts say nursing-home quality has suffered for years and Covid-19 merely worsened and exposed deficiencies that already existed.
‘Tridemic’ of flu, Covid, RSV fills hospital beds, leaving none left in Cambridge for its children
Cambridge’s two hospitals don’t offer any medical beds for children, and doctors face an “extraordinary problem” finding hospital care for kids amid spiking respiratory infections and staff shortages statewide, a top city public health official said Monday.
Covid case counts get murkier with less data; Masking policies become harder to pin down
Cambridge public health officials have stopped relying on Covid case counts to assess the strength of the pandemic here because those numbers are no longer reliable.
Covid cases are ticking up in homes for elderly, where staff has until Dec. 1 to get fully boosted
The number of new Covid-19 infections continues to mount in some Cambridge nursing homes and assisted-living centers, where residents face high risk because of age and poor health. after months when there were few in long-term care facilities here.
New booster is part of nine Covid and flu clinics coming with a reminder: Pandemic isn’t over
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.
After second illness related to West Nile virus, area’s risk level raised to high from moderate
Cambridge is now at high risk from West Nile virus after a second person became ill from it – though it was after an exposure in Suffolk County, authorities said Friday.
Alert for Covid and monkeypox? Add West Nile, as Cambridge is now in ‘moderate’ risk category
The risk of West Nile virus infection in Cambridge was raised to “moderate” from “low” on Thursday after positive-testing mosquitoes were detected in Somerville, Boston, Brookline and Waltham.
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.
Police find missing 70-year-old man (updated)
Police are asking the public’s help in finding a missing 70-year-old Cambridge man with dementia who was reported missing Wednesday evening.
Officials edge toward lifting the city’s Covid mask on March 14 deadline that feels at odds with data
City officials are trying to deal with sudden and drastic changes in federal guidelines for assessing risk of Covid-19 transmission at the same time they plan to eliminate the indoor mask mandate. The combination left city councillors without a clear explanation for decisions on mask requirements.
