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Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan Push To Expand Cancer Screening Coverage For 9/11 Responders And Survivors
In a letter to HHS, the bicameral group pushed for the WTCHP to provide enhanced screenings for prostate and skin cancers, which 9/11 responders and survivors face a heightened risk of developing.
DEP Celebrates Manhattan Street Renaming to Honor Father and Son Who Served New York City for Almost 70 Years Combined
The designation will honor the late Salvatore and Eric DelleCave — a father‑and‑son team who together dedicated almost 70 years to DEP’s Field Operations in Manhattan and served the city with distinction, including assisting FDNY on the tragic morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
Court Issues Ruling Against New York City in the Fight for Release of September 11th Archive
This Court ruling is historic, the first legal decision to address the City’s failure to open its long-secret September 11th archive. The public is entitled to know what the City knew about the true state of environmental hazards in lower Manhattan and when it learned those facts, all the while assuring the public that air quality was “safe and acceptable.”
The long shadow of 9/11: Mental health outcomes in adult children of World Trade Center Responders with PTSD
Current parental PTSD and depression were significantly associated with offspring PTSD and depression, respectively. Poor parent-offspring relationships were associated with offspring depression, PTSD, and alcohol use disorder.
Lawler Implores HHS to Expand World Trade Center Health Fund Cancer Screenings
The letter specifically advocates for coverage of PSA testing and skin cancer examinations, something residents and the first responder community in the Hudson Valley need easier access to.
Decades Later, Children Of 9/11 Responders May Face Elevated Mental Health Risks
A new study links the trauma experienced by 9/11 World Trade Center responders to measurable mental health struggles in their now-adult children, more than two decades later.
World Trade Center Health Program Launches National Awareness Initiative to Reach Those Who Were Impacted by 9/11 as Children or Teens
The initiative focuses on people who were children, teens, or young adults when exposed to WTC-dust and toxins during and in the months following the events of 9/11.
Officer dies from 9/11-related cancer
Corporal Foust was among the first officers to respond when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon.
More than two decades after 9/11, the children of World Trade Center responders are still experiencing mental health ill-effects
More than two decades after 9/11, the children of World Trade Center responders are still experiencing mental health ill-effects, per new study examining the intergenerational transmission of trauma.
WTC Health Program member Nadia shares her story with Devon Rodriguez
Nadia was exposed to harmful debris at Ground Zero. She talks to Devon Rodriguez about her personal battle against metaplastic breast cancer and her experience receiving treatment from the World Trade Center Health Program.