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Reps. Maloney, Nadler, & King Statement on Passing of Dr. James Melius

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, and Congressman Peter King, co-sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, released the following statement regarding the passing of Dr. James Melius…

Fallen trooper, Colonie native a ‘dedicated family man’

Michael J. Anson, who died Tuesday, died of 9/11-related illness

Statement of 911 Health Watch and Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Act on the passing of Dr. James Melius

With a heavy heart we must report that Dr. James Melius had died. Dr. Melius was a founding member of 911 Health Watch and Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Act, Chair of the World Trade Center Health Program Responders Steering Committee and Administrator of the New York State Laborer’s Health and Trust […]

Maloney Asks CDC to Bring 9/11 First Responder Clinical Center to Hudson Valley

Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) has requested that the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), allow Mount Sinai Health System to establish a clinical care center…

Local trooper dies from disease linked to 9/11

Trooper Michael J. Anson, who died Tuesday, worked on recovery efforts after the terror attacks

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/ : December 27, 2017 — NY Daily News — Stop stalling on WTC sick: U.S. Labor Department and NYCERS are […]

Genetics linked to PTSD in World Trade Center responders

Researchers identified a novel polygenic expression aggregate among World Trade Center responders with PTSD, but not in control responders without PTSD.

Stop stalling on WTC sick: U.S. Labor Department and NYCERS are failing 9/11 victims

Why is the federal labor department at odds with the rest of the U.S. government and universal opinion of the medical and scientific community in recognizing that the airborne toxins released in the destruction of the World Trade Center…

Sickened by toxic 9/11 dust, poet’s dying wish was to come home to Minnesota

As Holly Anderson, 62, looked out the airplane window Dec. 22 at the sun setting over the Mississippi River, she knew she was home.

Dispute between Utica and its former fire chief goes to court

The city of Utica and its former fire department chief continue to battle in court, and in the public arena, over a dispute about his service in the aftermath of 9/11.