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Op-Ed: Properly funding World Trade Center Health program is ‘least we can do’
Without additional funding in the current session of Congress, the health program would have to deny new enrollments by 2027 and, ultimately, limit services for existing members.
State Grants Long-Delayed 9/11 Disability Benefits to Widow of Suffolk Deputy Sheriff
More than two decades after the September 11 attacks, the widow of Suffolk Deputy Sheriff Richard Stueber will finally receive the disability benefits her husband earned for his service at the World Trade Center site.
9/11 WTC and the Lie That Keeps on Killing
A common feeling among this 9/11 WTC cohort is that the system designed to “help” them is dominated by red tape that seems likely to hasten their demise. Like the veterans who were ordered to charge into atmospheric atomic testing or were exposed to Agent Orange during Vietnam, our system is at best ambivalent about […]
A Dust Sample Handled With Care
After the destruction of the World Trade Center, an urgent question lingered in Lower Manhattan: What was in the air?
Kennedy’s leadership puts all of us in danger
Since Kennedy took over HHS, first responders and others suffering from illnesses due to the toxic fumes in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks haven’t been able to get the research, care, treatment or even communication they deserve.
Lawmakers try to revive, once again, the 9/11 Workers Protection Task Force
Nearly 20 years after it was first created, recently enacted legislation looks to breathe new life into a panel of New York state and local officials charged with looking into the impacts of toxic exposures at ground zero and making recommendations on retirement and disability benefits.
Gillibrand Looks to Secure Funding for 9/11 Health Program
Ahead of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D- NY) is calling on congress to fully fund a program that helps people who have 9/11 related cancers.
Fox News’ Eric Shawn reveals cancer and respiratory illness from 9/11 toxic dust
“I have two different diagnoses under the World Trade Center Program,” he said, referencing the federal program that provides monitoring and treatment for survivors, responders and others directly affected in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
‘Couldn’t believe’: Michigan woman recalls 9/11 tragedy
24 years ago, when the deadliest terrorist attack in history happened, one Michigan woman watched it unfold from her college dorm room. She says the tragedy would later turn her life upside down.
Veteran 9/11 first responders continue to face health challenges 24 years later
Many of the first responders who worked at the three 9/11 sites in Manhattan, Arlington, and Shanksville — where 2,977 people died on Sept. 11, 2001 — have suffered respiratory illnesses, cancers, and mental health conditions.