TRURO — For parents of children with disabilities, the path from the first signs of a child’s developmental delay to a supportive school setting is a difficult one. The first […]
Health & Healthcare
COVID UPDATE
An Uptick in Cases at Outer Cape Schools
Continued testing, more vaccinations, and a few new precautions
It’s been a tentative return to school for Outer Cape students after a nearly two-week-long holiday break. At the start of this week, school officials reported rising case counts and […]
THE YEAR IN HEALTH
The Problems in the Health-Care System Are Epidemic
Weak systems become weaker when tested, as they were in 2021
What if you don’t have Covid — but you still need a doctor? This question became more urgent in 2021, when many people moved to the Outer Cape to escape […]
MINISTRY
An Acupuncture Clinic in Wellfleet Seeks to Dispel Despair
A doctor offers free alternative treatment for addiction and depression
WELLFLEET — Dr. Margaret Tilton is out to change the ways people — both patients and physicians — approach treatment for depression and addiction. The starting point, she believes, is […]
HEALTH CARE
Need for Rooms at Cape Cod Hospital Exceeds Capacity
Patients face difficult choices about elective surgeries
HYANNIS — Cape Cod Hospital has been dealing with a triple threat: a recent swell in incoming Covid-19 patients, a backlog of inpatient discharges, and a pandemic-driven staffing shortage. The […]
ADDICTION
Towns, County Will Get Paltry Payouts From Opioid Suit
But millions will go to the state and a flawed treatment system
Payments from a massive class action lawsuit awarded to towns and counties hit by the opioid epidemic will be no more than a few thousand dollars a year. But the […]
COVID PREVENTION
After Mandates, Few Cape Health Workers Remain Unvaccinated
98 percent of OCHS employees have been immunized
Very few health-care workers on Cape Cod have been fired for refusing to comply with vaccine mandates, according to spokespeople at three major providers. The vaccination rates among staff at […]
COVID-19 UPDATE
Outer Cape Kids and Parents Feel Relief About Pediatric Vaccine
Gatherings, family vacations, and going back to school
PROVINCETOWN — With crayons and pages of coloring books scattered over the floor around them, Alaina and Kacey Vida sit in the waiting area of a Walgreens Pharmacy. It’s the […]
PHILANTHROPY
A Place for Hospice Will Open in Wellfleet
Chance meeting of like-minded women leads to donation of house
WELLFLEET — As president of the Friends of the Wellfleet Council on Aging, a home health aide with the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), and a nursing home ombudsman for Elder […]
AGING IN PLACE
Eastham Police Learn How to Interact With the Disoriented
Accommodations for Alzheimer’s might be helpful to all
EASTHAM — Elaine Lipton got a call from an in-home aide who’d arrived to cook dinner for her 85-year-old dad and found his home empty. The car was gone, but […]
LOSING IT
With Cases Up, Wellfleet Again Imposes Masks
14-day Covid incidence rate is among highest on Cape Cod
WELLFLEET — Town officials imposed an indoor mask order for the second time on Nov. 17, after a meeting at which the police chief cautioned that the on-again, off-again orders […]
PRIMARY CARE
Outer Cape Lives in Health-Care Limbo
New patients wait six months for an appointment at OCHS
Jenny Muschinske and her husband moved from New York to Wellfleet in March 2020. Then, she got pregnant. Suddenly, finding a local doctor became urgent. She had been “seeing” her […]
MEDICINE
In Provincetown, a Family Fights a Rare Ailment
Research on Machado-Joseph disease honors Veronica and Mark Silva
PROVINCETOWN — For her family and friends, Veronica Silva’s 80th birthday party on June 15, 2012 was more of a living funeral than a celebration, recalled her son David Silva, […]
COVID-19
A Death in Wellfleet, as Case Numbers Gradually Decline
A total of 12 cases so far at Wellfleet Elementary
WELLFLEET — The number of new cases of Covid-19 was down slightly this week, according to the town’s health agent, Hillary Greenberg-Lemos, following the emergence of a cluster of cases […]
ANIMAL CLINIC
Please Don’t Eat the Ivermectin
Your dog may need it for fighting heartworm
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently sent a notice to veterinary clinics and retailers and asked them to post it for the public. The sign said, basically, “People, please […]
