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$10.9B health bill for 9/11 workers is nixed
Congress Sunday shelved a $10.9 billion bill to provide health care and compensation for Ground Zero workers, at least in part due to opposition from Mayor Bloomberg.
A Cloud of Smoke
OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS about the complicated death of James Zadroga. James Zadroga’s death, on January 5, 2006, at the age of thirty-four, didn’t fall into one of the usual categories.
Ground Zero’s Lingering Victims
Seven years after terrorist attacks destroyed the World Trade Center towers, it is clear that many workers who responded to the crisis and many people in the community nearby are suffering lingering effects from breathing in toxic dust, smoke and fumes.
TRAGIC TOLL ON RESCUERS
At least 664 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers have died since 9/11 – including 193 city cops, firefighters and medics, a state researcher says.
More Asthma Among Those Near 9/11 Site
Adults who were near the World Trade Center around the time it was attacked in 2001 have been twice as likely to develop asthma as the general population, a new analysis of public health registry data has found.
Lawmakers Lash Out at HHS Over Post-September 11 Care
The Department of Health and Human Services is dragging its feet on implementing a new health care program for September 11, 2001, responders suffering from illness related to the terrorist attacks, Reps. Jerrold Nadler and Carolyn Maloney said yesterday at a press conference in front of 7 World Trade Center.
Maimed on 9/11, Trying to Be Whole Again
Lauren Manning’s handshake is strong, almost bionic. You might think it was a byproduct of decades of playing tennis and golf. But her grip has been painfully relearned, and bolstered with more titanium pins than she cares to count.
Candidates silent on 9/11 health bill
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama made two New York City appearances on the seventh anniversary of 9/11, one at ground zero with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the other at Columbia University, where they separately spoke about the importance of service
New Doubts That Dust Killed a 9/11 Rescuer
A 2003 pulmonary biopsy of James Zadroga, the New York City police detective whose death in 2006 has been held up as an example of the illnesses suffered by 9/11 rescue workers and others sickened by toxic dust at ground zero, found only minor abnormalities and no signs of the foreign materials found in his lungs after he died, according to a new report.
City spends $5M for ads urging WTC health care
The city is launching a $5 million advertising campaign Monday to encourage New Yorkers suffering with 9/11-related health problems to get help.