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Advocates lament status of rehired World Trade Center Health Program leader
Advocates for the World Trade Center Health Program are raising alarms that the agency’s leader — Dr. John Howard — has yet to be reinstated nearly a month after the White House assured lawmakers he would be restored following a blitz of cuts.
Dr. John Howard was NOT Reinstated as Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program
While Rep. Garbarino (R-NY) and colleagues were told by HHS that Howard was being restored—and they announced that in good faith—the truth is he was not restored as Director of the WTCHP and has apparently been in limbo since then.
Transit crews who worked at ground zero still awaiting disability benefit
“Maybe this time around, when the story ends the way it ended — a guy fighting and he lost his life — it’s like, you know, that’s what they’re waiting for here,” Philip Ronnie Jr. said. “Maybe somebody will have a little bit of compassion and listen this time around — hopefully.”
World Trade Center Health Program: Do Trump cuts imperil sickened responders? What we know
People who work with the 9/11 community say the program, and the people who need it, have not escaped unscathed.
9/11 health program hobbled by cuts despite Trump vow to restore funds
Dr. John Howard, director the World Trade Center Health Program, remains in bureaucratic limbo and has not been formally reinstated to his post as promised.
‘We’re all ticking time bombs’: Budget cuts gut 9/11 health protections as community braces for crisis
Staffing cuts may prevent a 9/11 health care program from providing timely care.
Some NIOSH workers return temporarily amid cuts impacting coal miner health screenings in WV
Those returning to work include some employees from the Coal Worker Health Surveillance Program and the Fire Fighters’ Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program.
CDC reinstates workers who screen coal miners for black lung disease
The Trump administration temporarily rehired as many as 40 employees who screen coal miners for the deadly and incurable disease.
9/11 heroes demand Congress save WTC Health Program from federal cuts
First responders, survivors, and advocates from the 9/11 community are urging Congress to protect funding to the World Trade Center Health Program.
NIOSH firefighter programs to be temporarily restored following ‘misinterpreted executive order’
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) announced Tuesday that some NIOSH programs focused on firefighter health and safety will be restored following a “misinterpreted executive order” that resulted in dozens of layoffs.