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Push to find organ donors for those sickened at ground zero after 9/11 attacks
Many types of cancer have been reported among the life-threatening illnesses that have attacked hundreds of thousands of people…
REVEALED: Nearly 10,000 people have suffered cancers linked to toxic dust from asbestos, jet fuel, cement and glass shards caused by 9/11
As many as 9,795 people were diagnosed with cancer linked to 9/11, the federal World Trade Center Health Program recently confirmed…
Nearly 10K people have gotten cancer from toxic 9/11 dust
The city is approaching a terrible milestone — nearly 10,000 people have suffered cancers linked to the toxic dust and smoke at Ground Zero, The Post has learned.
Optum running new clinic for 9/11 survivors
The agreement is one of two government contracts that together are worth about $58.7 million.
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/ : August 2, 2018 — PoliceOne — NYPD officer dies of 9/11-related cancer Officer Richard Lopez had served with the […]
NYPD officer dies of 9/11-related cancer
Officer Richard Lopez had served with the NYPD for 20 years
9/11 hero dies in York Co. after battling illness from work at World Trade Center site
A Fort Mill man who spent months sifting through toxic rubble at the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City…
Statement from 911 Health Watch on the Second Anniversary the appointment of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya
Statement from 911 Health Watch on the Second Anniversary the appointment of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya. Below is a message from Rupa Bhattacharyya, released today on the Second Anniversary of her appointment as September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master. Ms. Bhattacharyya, along with Deputy Special Masters Stefanie Langsam, Jordan Feldman, and […]
OptumServe to Continue Support for Two Federal Health Programs
Optum’s federal government health services business has renewed two of its federal health contracts with a total value of $58.7 million…
Retired NYPD cop who shared his 9/11-illness struggle on social media remembered as ESU Strong
When 60-year-old Paul Johnson, a retired NYPD Emergency Service Unit officer, died over the weekend from 9/11-related pulmonary fibrosis…