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Health

From flu to health equity, from the mind to the body, health reporting explores the factors that make us well on Cape Cod.

  • Pediatrician Dr. Kathryn Rudman speaks to Cape Cod News.org editor Teresa Martin at Cape Cod Hospital. Image shows back of Martin's head with Rudman sitting on a chair facing the camera.

    Value of Childhood Vaccines

    Teresa Martin
    February 27, 2026
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  • Dr. Kathryn Rudman speaks to reporter at Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis MA. This is a head and shoulders image of her with a monitor behind.

    Food, Kids, and the New Nutrition Guidelines

    Teresa Martin
    February 20, 2026
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  • Massachusetts secretary of health and human services Dr. Kiame Mahaniah at Cape Cod Regional High School, Harwich MA

    Fixing Mental Health Care Gaps

    Teresa Martin
    February 5, 2026
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  • Barnstable Counter Water Testing Lab team member Jennifer McMullin wearing a white lab coat shows the new water quality testing instrument which is a large rectangular container, open, holding four small water sample bottles.

    MASS-DEP Gives First-in-state Certification Nod to Barnstable County

    Teresa Martin
    January 2, 2026
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  • Adrian Oomer (left), the 10 year old Outstanding Philanthropist of the Cape and Islands for 2025, in his family living room with (l to r) his father, younger sister, and mother, in Brewster MA.

    He’s 10 and Changing the World

    Teresa Martin
    December 12, 2025
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  • Pile of new toys in back of Orleans Police Dept. pickup truck at TJMaxx in Orleans, MA.

    Time for Toys

    Teresa Martin
    December 2, 2025
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  • Barnstable County Sheriff Donna Buckley, wearing blue suitk hair net, and food service gloves, models packaging freshly baked bread in the jail's commercial kitchen.

    A Little Bread Can Change the World

    Teresa Martin
    November 14, 2025
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  • A large crowd of people on the street as part of the Alzheimer's awareness walk in Provincetown, MA

    It’s All About Love

    Johnny Bergmann
    November 12, 2025
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  • Close up of Kath Ohman speaking at the construction site of new supportive housing in Dennis, MA.

    New Supportive Housing Begins Construction on Cape Cod

    Teresa Martin
    October 9, 2025
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  • Lotte Diomede, founder of SMILE Mass, leans into her son Nicholas at a race event. Both wear neon yellow racing shirts. He is in his wheelchair.

    Barriers to the Beach, Part 5: Rolling Over Barriers

    Teresa Martin
    September 26, 2025
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  • Accessibility mat not reaching all the way to the water on a beach

    Barriers to the Beach, Part 4: Where Waves Meet Reality

    Anna Westerberg
    September 12, 2025
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  • A man sitting in a wheelchair on a beach

    Barriers to the Beach, Part 1: Getting to the Beach Isn’t Always Easy

    Anna Westerberg
    July 18, 2025
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