PROVINCETOWN — Citing a first-in-the-nation vaccine rollout and a plummeting count of Covid-19 cases, Gov. Charlie Baker moved the state’s “end of restrictions” date from the previously announced Aug. 1 […]
Health & Healthcare
COVID-19
Walk-In Vaccine Clinics Now Available
Everyone is eligible with a valid I.D.
PROVINCETOWN — Good news for the technologically challenged and the bad-at-planning: three vaccination sites on the Outer Cape are now offering the Covid-19 vaccine to walk-in patients. All you need […]
THE JAB TAB
Outer Cape Leads Mass. in Vaccination Rates
All four Outer Cape towns are in the state’s top 10
PROVINCETOWN — The state’s April 15 Covid vaccination report has great news for the Outer Cape. The top-line numbers show that the four outermost towns have among the highest Covid […]
UP A CREEK
Answers to Your Most Vaxxing Questions
Advice from a self-taught epidemiologist and internet sensation
@heyfromptown asks: Sooo, I’m in my 20s, and it’s going to be forever until I’m, like, fully vaccinated. I heard young people are getting trounced by side effects because we […]
COVID UPDATE
Slowly But Surely, Vaccines
Everyone age 60 to 64 and many who work in public are now eligible for Covid vaccinations, including restaurant, retail, grocery, public works, transportation, and sanitation workers. There are several […]
COVID-19 UPDATE
Statewide Pre-Registration Is Now Available
A more orderly and less traumatic system
People who are currently eligible for a vaccine, or who will be eligible later in phase two, can now put their names and contact information into a statewide pre-registration system […]
COVID UPDATE
Getting Vaccine Appointments Is Still Difficult
But joint efforts by local agencies are starting to help
Scoring an appointment for a Covid-19 vaccination has become a little easier due to tweaks to the state registration sites, but it remains a time-consuming and frustrating task. And for […]
SKIN DEEP
Cosmetic Surgery: It Does Happen Here
Behind pandemic masks, and tempered by Puritanism, the quest for perfection persists
PROVINCETOWN — Cape Cod and, for that matter, New England are perhaps not the first places one thinks of when one hears the words “plastic surgery.” We value our old […]
STIMULI
Covid Relief Targets Outer Cape’s Smallest Businesses
Programs fill earlier gaps in CARES Act awards
PROVINCETOWN — When much of the American economy was forced to shut down last March due to Covid, Congress passed trillions of dollars of relief spending in just weeks. There […]
ELDER CARE
Privacy Protections Leave Gaps in Covid Death Reports
Data from assisted living facilities are mostly blacked out
PROVINCETOWN — When it comes to Covid, Massachusetts is pro-data. The Dept. of Public Health (DPH) publishes a weekly Covid report, daily Covid updates, and a weekly report on vaccinations. […]
THE ROAD TO NORMAL
Glimmers of Hope for Vaccinations on the Outer Cape
Community health centers could provide alternative to mass sites
PROVINCETOWN — When it comes to allocating Covid resources, Cape Cod has been treated like a distant afterthought. The state hasn’t opened a free Stop the Spread testing site here, […]
JUST A SHOT AWAY
Cape Cod to Baker: Give Us Vaccine Now
Governor’s focus on mass sites has local officials ‘enraged’
PROVINCETOWN — Gov. Charlie Baker’s decision to prioritize six mass Covid-19 vaccination sites around the state, while sending hardly any vaccine at all to Cape Cod, has people here feeling […]
CHASING THE NUMBERS
State Undercounts Outer Cape Covid Cases
Rapid test results are not included in state reports
PROVINCETOWN — The Covid testing program at Outer Cape Health Services (OCHS), which relies on rapid BinaxNOW tests provided by the state, has been a local success story. The tests […]
WELL-BEING
Provincetown Outlines Extensive Mental Health Plan
Pot impact fees could fund $500K response to community needs
PROVINCETOWN — Health Director Morgan Clark presented a five-year plan to the select board last month that aims to dramatically increase access to mental health and substance abuse treatment. The […]
THE ROAD TO NORMAL
Delay in Vaccinating Educators Causes Outcry
Teachers’ unions and administrators make joint plea to governor
School administrators and teachers’ unions are often at odds with each other, but on Cape Cod, both sides agree on the need for educators to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as […]
