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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 […]
Queens Health Center for 9/11 First Responders Relocates to Larger Facility in Rego Park
The North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced the relocation of the Queens World Trade Center (WTC) Clinical Center of Excellence from Flushing to a larger facility in Rego Park. The new 3,650-square-foot center, about 50 percent larger than the Flushing facility, is part of a federally funded program that provides medical and mental health services for WTC responders in the borough of Queens.