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Retired New York City first responders struggle with health years after 9/11
John Lombardo worked as a New York City police officer for 20 years.
Phil Alvarez continues fight of his late brother, Oceanside resident Luis Alvarez
New VCF policy aids 9/11 victims
Seminar to help retired first responders get compensation for 9/11-related illnesses
Tens of thousands of first responders who worked at Ground Zero during Sept. 11 are now battling cancer or another illness.
9/11 Health and Compensation in the News
Below are summaries with url’s to news articles that appeared recently about 9/11 Health and Compensation issues. . An archive of past articles by year, can be found on the 911 Health Watch website at http://www.911healthwatch.org/news/ : CANCERS RELATED TO 9/11 IN RESPONDERS & SURVIVORS Oncology Times | January 20, 2020 As we near 2 […]
9/11 Workers May Be at Higher Cancer Risk
Ground zero workers had higher rates of cancer, especially prostate and thyroid cancers and leukemia.
The Burden of Subthreshold Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in World Trade Center Responders in the Second Decade After 9/11
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the prevalence, risk and protective correlates, and clinical characteristics associated with probable subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in police and nontraditional (eg, construction workers) World Trade Center (WTC) responders…
Cancers Related to 9/11 in Responders & Survivors
As we near 2 decades since the terrorist attack of 9/11, many of our memories, feelings, and worries of that tragedy have faded, our thoughts drifting to other causes, other cares, other grave calamities.
9/11 survivors get more time to ask for money to cover health care costs
First responders and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have been given more time to ask for compensation to cover their health care costs.
Deadline extended to make wrongful death claim for 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
The deadline has been extended to make a wrongful death claim for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
An agonizing dispute among terror victims
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund splitting payouts under questionable rationale