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‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
Ongoing investigations to ensure the safety of lifesaving breathing equipment known as escape devices used in underground mines, in building fires and on naval ships have abruptly stopped.
Standing With 9/11 Advocates, Schumer & Gillibrand Demand Trump Admin Fully Restore World Trade Center Health Program Staff & Stop Playing Dangerous Games; Recent Firings Jeopardize Healthcare; More Questions Than Answers; Total Chaos in Agencies Is a Dereliction of Duty to New York’s 9/11 Heroes
U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand stood with 9/11 community leaders and demanded the Trump administration fully restore key staff for the World Trade Center Health Program and stop playing dangerous games.
Feds bow to pressure, reinstate head of WTC Health Program
President Trump and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. have reinstated the head of the World Trade Center Health Program — yet 16 members of the pivotal program for 9/11 first responders and survivors still face the chopping block.
World Trade Center Health Program leader John Howard’s firing reversed after uproar, Rep. Andrew Garbarino says
The doctor, John Howard, is director of the World Trade Center Health Program. He was one of an estimated 10,000 employees of the Department of Health and Human Services whose jobs were eliminated by the Trump administration.
Garbarino, Lawler, LaLota, Malliotakis Applaud the Restoration of Dr. Howard as WTCHP Administrator
On April 5, 2025, HHS reversed its decision, in consultation with the White House, restoring Dr. Howard as Administrator of the WTCHP.
Trump administration cuts claim 16 jobs at World Trade Center Health Program
Sixteen World Trade Center Health Program employees received notices that they could lose their jobs in the Health and Human Services Department’s downsizing, despite promises the program’s staff would not be reduced, a 9/11 health advocate said Friday.
Lawmakers launch bipartisan push to save 9/11 WTC program from RFK Jr. cuts
Legislators on both sides of the aisle outraged over drastic cuts to the agency that oversees the World Trade Center Health Program have fired off a letter to President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. demanding the pivotal services be restored.
Which jobs were cut at CDC? Here’s a list
The layoffs at CDC this week hit global and environmental health as well as HIV prevention programs especially hard, according to an overview document obtained by POLITICO.
9/11 responders sound alarm as Trump cuts WTC Health Program staff
Patients with medical conditions linked to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks are bracing for delays and disruptions to their care after the Trump administration fired hundreds of employees from the agency overseeing the World Trade Center Health Program, including its director.
9/11 advocates furious over cuts at WTC health program
Michael Barasch, an attorney who represents survivors of the attacks, said, “More people will die” due to the layoffs.