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Cancer rate 15% higher than normal for 9/11 responders: study
Cancer among 9/11 responders is 15% higher than among people not exposed to the Ground Zero toxins, a study by Mount Sinai Hospital’s World Trade Center Health Program has found.
Cancer rates elevated for some 9/11 responders
The members of Congress who were most instrumental in passing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 said a finding of elevated cancer rates among first responders to the 2001 terrorist attack further justified the need for the law.
New Queens Health Center Opens for 9/11 Responders
The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced the relocation of the Queens World Trade Center (WTC) Clinical Center of Excellence from Flushing to a larger facility in Rego Park.
WTC ‘Con’ Claim Booted
Bruce Greenberg, a 9/11 fraudster and the last remaining claimant in a mass lawsuit against the city, has been thrown out of court.
VCF Program Update
I wanted to let you know about an updated policy of the September 11th, Victims Compensation Fund. The Fund recently posted a new Frequently Asked Question, explaining how you can confirm that you are registered with the Fund. Generally the deadline for filing a claim for the VCF is this October 3rd, 2013. The Zadroga […]
Legislation to Stop Sequestration cuts to 9/11 Programs Announced
Wanted to let you know that U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Representatives Peter King, Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler announced legislation today that would prevent the threatened sequester cuts from going into effect. http://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/gillibrand-schumer-king-maloney-nadler-first-responders-urge-congress-to-avoid-looming-automatic-across-the-board-budget-ax_including-deep-cuts-to-9/11-zadroga-program-federal-aid-to-hurricane-sandy-victims As Dr. Jim Melius, 911 Health Watch Board member and Chair of the WTC Medical Program Steering […]
Pentagon, Shanksville Responders Added to WTC Health Plan
A health care fund for responders to New York’s World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, is being expanded to include rescuers at corresponding attack and crash sites at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
WTC Health Registry Launching Study of Those Who Survived 9/11 and Sandy
The World Trade Center Health Registry is launching a survey to study the thousands of people who survived both 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy, officials said.
Health care rules for 9/11 responders nearly finalized
Responders to the Sept. 11 attacks outside of New York will soon have access to medical care under the World Trade Center Health Program, more than a decade after hijacked planes crashed down into the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
Video of VCF Informational Forum
Wanted to let you know that up on the 911 Health Watch website is video from the information forum that 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund Special Master Sheila Birnbaum held on January 30 at Baruch College. With the recent announcement by the Special Master that the VCF has made its first determinations on claims, the information […]