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Dust Be Their Destiny: Growing Signs WTC Residue Caused Nerve Damage
Doctor: ‘No Cure’ for Afflicted First-Responders
9/11 Health Update on the Implementation of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization
As you know, after years of effort by the 9/11 community and its supporters, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act Reauthorization. The Act, authorizes the World Trade Center Health Program for the next 75 years, ensuring health care and medical monitoring for 9/11 responders and […]
Study: 9/11 responders suffer from neuropathy at a much higher rate than non-responders
Mineola doctors share their findings on a condition that is not currently covered under the Zadroga Act
Still Fighting for Downtown’s 9/11 survivors
The last-minute Zadroga Act reauthorization last month was cause for celebration Downtown — and especially for 9/11 Environmental Action, which has been on the frontlines of the fight for healthcare for survivors of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Winthrop-University docs say neuropathy caused by 9/11 dust; should be covered by Zadroga Act
World Trade Center responder John Coughlin of Sayville suffers from a host of conditions: heart disease that led to open-heart surgery and a pacemaker; diminished lung capacity; sleep apnea; and stomach disorders.
Doctors, 9/11 Responders Call For Covering Neuropathy Under Zadroga Act
Citing a new study, doctors at a Long Island hospital are pushing for more health care coverage for 9/11 first responders.
State to pick tab for benefits of Ground Zero volunteers
The state plans to pick up the estimated $9 million tab of extending benefits to Ground Zero volunteers once a federal program set up in 2002 expires this year.
Widow fights to get husband’s 9/11 compensation check
They were the unsung heroes of 9/11; men who tirelessly worked at ground zero, months after the buildings fell.
People Are Still Dying From Cancer Likely Linked to 9/11
The death this week of the iconic 9/11 “dust lady” has again shed light on the thousands of cancer cases some believe are linked to the 2001 terrorist attack.
Marcy Borders, ‘Dust Lady’ Who Survived 9/11, Dies at 42
Marcy Borders, who became known as the “dust lady” from a defining picture of her covered in ash and grime on Sept. 11, 2001, died on Monday. She was 42.