Cambridge Public Health Department

11/25/2025

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, we will be closed November 27-28.

Please note that other City of Cambridge (Official) offices as well as libraries and senior centers will be closed.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

https://www.cambridgema.gov/news/2025/11/cityofcambridgethanksgivingdayholidayclosuresandserviceinformation

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, City of Cambridge offices, libraries, and senior centers will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 27-28. The Cambridge Fire Department has also issued a reminder about fire safety during the holiday.

11/24/2025

On November 20, 2025 the Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein, MD, PhD rebuked the misleading information and false claims about vaccines that were recently posted on the CDC’s website. “Vaccines do not cause autism, and there is no link between childhood vaccines and autism,” Goldstein writes. “This has been proven repeatedly through decades of rigorous, high-quality research involving millions of children worldwide. The evidence is clear, consistent, and overwhelming…vaccines are one of the most effective and life-saving interventions in the history of medicine and public health.”

https://www.cambridgepublichealth.org/public-health-commissioner-condemns-new-misinformation-on-cdc-website/

11/24/2025

Some important ways to keep everyone healthy this Thanksgiving!

11/23/2025

Here are some important turkey food safety tips for Thanksgiving. 🦃 Spread cheer 🎉this holiday and not food poisoning! 🤢

11/21/2025

Here's our Medical Director Linda Shipton M.D. talking about the importance of vaccines. Thanks Cambridge Health Alliance for filming this important message!

11/20/2025

Give blood 🩸 this holiday season. Cambridge Health Alliance is hosting a blood drive on Friday, Nov. 28 (Black Friday), from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on the 3rd floor at CHA Cambridge Hospital.

Visit redcrossblood.org and enter “Hospital” to schedule your appointment. You can reduce your wait time by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass on the day of your appointment to complete your pre-donation reading and health history.

Thanks for giving something that means something!

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11/19/2025

It's Trans Awareness Week! 🏳️‍⚧️ It's a time for transgender people along with their allies to promote and educate the public about who transgender people are and the important issues faced by transgender people.

Learn more : https://glaad.org/transweek/

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11/19/2025

Give blood this holiday season. Cambridge Health Alliance is hosting a blood drive on Friday, November 28, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the 3rd floor Learning Center at CHA Cambridge Hospital. Learn more below!

Want the best gift for the holidays? Donate blood! CHA is hosting a blood drive on Friday, November 28, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the 3rd floor Learning Center at CHA Cambridge Hospital. Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter “Hospital” to schedule an appointment. Reduce your wait time by visiting buff.ly/WKaZDtO.

11/19/2025

Help Cambridge out by keeping leaves 🍂 out of the streets and storm drains. Put them in the yard waste collection to be composted.

This will help 1) prevent flooding as leaves can clog storm drains and 2) reduce pollution with leaves adding too much phosphorus into our rivers and streams.

https://www.cambridgema.gov/Services/yardwastepickup

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11/18/2025

Here are the Cambridge Food Resources again, now translated into eight languages. This post contains: Spanish, Portuguese, and Simplified Chinese. Even though the shutdown is over and SNAP is back on track, these are still important food resources for those who need them. Cambridge SNAP recipients may still be eligible to receive a $50 grocery store gift card.

View all the resources here: https://www.cambridgepublichealth.org/resources/healthy-eating/

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11/18/2025

Here are the Cambridge Food Resources again, now translated into eight languages. This post contains: Amharic, Arabic, Bangla, and Haitian Creole. Even though the shutdown is over and SNAP is back on track, these are still important food resources for those who need them. Cambridge SNAP recipients may still be eligible to receive a $50 grocery store gift card.

View all the resources here: https://www.cambridgepublichealth.org/resources/healthy-eating/

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11/13/2025

"Opioid overdoses and overdose-related deaths in Cambridge decreased in 2024 from the previous year, according to a report released by the Cambridge Public Health Department on Thursday."

The Harvard Crimson interviews our Prevention and Recovery Specialist about the decreases in opioid overdoses and overdose-related deaths in Cambridge in 2024.

"The decline in Cambridge overdoses and deaths coincided with a nationwide trend last year, according to Danielle K. McPeak, the prevention and recovery specialist at the Cambridge Department of Public Health. McPeak said the overall decline may have been caused by federal success in curtailing fentanyl imports and the growing implementation of harm reduction programs by local governments."

Learn more about the City of Cambridge and the Cambridge Public Health Department's harm reduction approach including naloxone trainings.

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Opioid overdoses and overdose-related deaths in Cambridge decreased in 2024 from the previous year, according to a report released by the Cambridge Public Health Department on Thursday.