Archive of News (2025)
9/11 Health Program Cuts Could Hit Over 140K Americans—’Going to Get Worse’
Advocates are sounding the alarm for Congress to act expeditiously in response to funding cuts that can have long-term negative implications on more than 140,000 survivors and first responders who benefit from World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) funding.
9/11’s Lasting Health Effects
Steven Markowitz, MD DrPH, an occupational medicine physician, internist, and epidemiologist who directs the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at the City University of New York, talks about the latest data from the World Trade Center Health Program.
NYC stiffing 9/11 widows and orphans of critical medical payments: unions
For nearly a year, the city has failed to provide funds for critical medical payments to widows and children of first responders who died on 9/11 and other city employees killed in the line of duty.
Turmoil, uncertainty at RFK Jr.’s CDC leaves those suffering from 9/11 illnesses fearful
Since Kennedy took over HHS, 9/11 advocate groups haven’t been able to officially speak with anyone to learn if the WTC Health Program has verified any of the new medical conditions linked to the toxins that swirled above Ground Zero following the terror attacks.
John Feal’s new book chronicles battle with Jon Stewart for 9/11 victim compensation
Don’t expect 9/11 victims compensation crusader John Feal to forget the title of the book he has coming out next year. It’s tattooed on his right hand.
Ahead of 9/11 Anniversary, Congressman Frank Pallone Calls for Action on First Responder Health Care
Pallone has been seeking clarification from federal health officials since February, when he first wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the termination of roughly 20 percent of the program’s employees.
What did NYC know about the 9/11 toxins at ground zero. After 20 years, the truth may soon come out
A 20-year battle to unearth what NYC knew about the dangers of the 9/11 toxins swirling around Ground Zero in the weeks after the terror attacks is reaching a major turning point.
Hero cabbie one of many now suffering from cancer after risking all to keep NYC moving in wake of 9/11 attack
The livery driver quickly started ferrying downtown workers out of harm’s way in lower Manhattan — and is now one of many brave hacks suffering from cancer connected to their part of the Sept. 11 response.
Ansbro to Newsmax: Lack of Environmental Test Results From 9/11 Unacceptable
In the days after the Sept. 11 attacks, first responders were told the air was safe to breathe but multiple New York City agencies still say they have no relevant documents related to environmental test results on site, which is a “dog ate my homework kind of answer,” said Andrew Ansbro, president of the FDNY […]
Firefighters plead for more support battling 9/11-related illnesses
Firefighters are describing the health situation as dire.