Archive of News (2022)

CDC keeps contract with Managed Care Advisors-Sedgwick as it struggles to provide medical services to 9/11 responders

The CDC has no plans to terminate a contract with a company that is struggling to provide medical services for 9/11 responders, and the agency is declining to say what penalties the firm could face.

Chef who fed first responders after 9/11 struggles with cancer

Moogan would deliver food to the building for three days, not knowing it would impact his health in the future. A little over a decade after the attacks, Moogan was diagnosed with cancer.

Assessment of Alzheimer’s Disease Imaging Biomarkers in World Trade Center Responders with Cognitive Impairment at Midlife

Preliminary results suggest that WTC responders with neurocognitive dysfunction may be at increased risk for a neurodegenerative dementia process as a result of their exposures at September 11, 2001.

Funeral held for 9/11 former Larchmont fire chief, Brian Payne

A funeral Mass was held for Brian Payne at St. Augustine’s Church in Larchmont, Nov. 17, 2022.

Chef who fed 9/11 responders needs cancer treatment

Moogan said he was glad to help in some way and brought seven trays to the hungry officers. About ten years later, Moogan was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Catskill widow remembers husband after his cancer death linked to 9/11

The sergeant was a police recruit with the NYPD. He had a seizure 20 years later. The kids found him, and called 911. It was a brain tumor – linked to his time working at Ground Zero.

Chuck Schumer Quietly Moving Lame-Duck $3 Billion Payout to Families of 9/11 Victims

Schumer’s attempt at a rapid passage through unanimous consent would bypass debate on a payout using PPP money, angering families of Marines killed in the 1983 Beirut bombing.

What Congress must accomplish: Some must-dos in the waning days of the 117th session

Unless more money is added soon, care for these responders and survivors, the heroes and victims of 9/11, will have to be rationed. No one opposes plugging the hole, but it still hasn’t happened yet.

World Trade Center Health Program best practices for diagnosing and treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

World Trade Center exposures may have the potential to cause or aggravate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

9/11 advocacy group asks CDC to reconsider contract with Sedgwick for health services due to ‘nonperformance’

The letter identifies numerous instances where Sedgwick still needs to live up to the contract’s requirements, which called for a system of providers to be in place and ready to go in May.