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TN Attorney General Co-Leads Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress To Protect Health Care for 9/11 Responders and Survivors
In a letter to congressional leadership, Attorney General Skrmetti and the coalition called for urgent legislative action to ensure the long-term financial stability of the WTCHP, which is projected to face a devastating funding shortfall as early as next year.
Attorney General James and 38 Attorneys General Urge Congress to Preserve Access to Health Care for 9/11 Responders and Survivors
New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition in urging Congress to take immediate action to address the impending funding crisis threatening the World Trade Center Health Program, a lifeline for more than 135,000 first responders, survivors, and families.
New York State Department of Health Honors Fallen Emergency Medical Providers at EMS Memorial Ceremony
New York State Department of Health and other State officials today honored five Emergency Medical Services Providers who died while serving and protecting New Yorkers. The ceremony, honoring the fallen EMS providers, took place at the Empire State Plaza in Albany
Labor unions representing laid off NIOSH, CDC workers to protest in D.C. next week
Unions representing workers laid off at federal health and oversight agencies are heading to Washington D.C. next week to protest past and continued cuts to their workforces by the federal government’s new Department of Government Efficiency.
Trump staffing cuts affecting 9/11 health program: ‘Unconscionable terminations’
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and three other U.S. senators are now demanding answers and “clarity” from the newly appointed U.S. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy on the “upheaval” of the health program.
World Trade Center (WTC) Exposures and Cardiometabolic Risk Among WTC Health Program General Responders
WTC exposures are associated with higher CMD risk and worsening cardiometabolic trajectories among WTHPGR.
Labor unions file lawsuit against HHS to restore NIOSH
A coalition made up of 13 labor unions and a manufacturer of personal protective equipment is suing the Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over what it calls an “unlawful shutdown” of NIOSH operations.
‘We made a couple of mistakes’: Kennedy admits 9/11 health program firings were an error
Despite the apology, Kennedy dodged Kim’s question about whether the WTC Health Program will return to full staffing.
Pressed for answers, RFK Jr. comes up short during Capitol Hill testimony
It was a humiliating interview, which raised questions, not only about Kennedy’s obvious incompetence, but also about whether the HHS secretary is fully aware of what was happening in the agency he ostensibly leads.
National Firefighter Registry for Cancer back online following earlier NIOSH program cuts
The National Firefighter Registry for Cancer (NFR) has been restored following an April 1 reduction-in-force (RIF) that affected National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) staff supporting the program.