Archive of News (2025)
Nearly 40 state AGs press Congress to fund WTC Health Program
As a funding shortfall threatens the federal program that provides treatment for tens of thousands of people affected by the September 11 attacks, dozens of state attorneys general last week urged Congress to ensure its continued viability.
A 20-year longitudinal cohort study of post-traumatic stress disorder in World Trade Center responders
Our findings highlight the enduring impact of PTSD among World Trade Center responders, with substantial variability in individual trajectories. Despite overall modest declines, a subset remained highly symptomatic, underscoring the need for continued treatment.
Selfless single mom who cared for 9/11 victims at Ground Zero dies of cancer at 48
She was working as a donor specialist for New York Blood Center in the mezzanine of the North Tower on the day of the terror attacks.
State Police announce trooper’s death who died from 9/11-related illness
State Police said First Sergeant Snell’s death is related to an illness stemming from his assignment around the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
OK AG Drummond joins coalition urging Congress to preserve health care access for 9/11 survivors
In a letter signed by 39 attorneys general including Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, the NAAG said the World Trade Center Health Program is facing a budget shortfall.
TN Attorney General Co-Leads Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress To Protect Health Care for 9/11 Responders and Survivors
In a letter to congressional leadership, Attorney General Skrmetti and the coalition called for urgent legislative action to ensure the long-term financial stability of the WTCHP, which is projected to face a devastating funding shortfall as early as next year.
Attorney General James and 38 Attorneys General Urge Congress to Preserve Access to Health Care for 9/11 Responders and Survivors
New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition in urging Congress to take immediate action to address the impending funding crisis threatening the World Trade Center Health Program, a lifeline for more than 135,000 first responders, survivors, and families.
New York State Department of Health Honors Fallen Emergency Medical Providers at EMS Memorial Ceremony
New York State Department of Health and other State officials today honored five Emergency Medical Services Providers who died while serving and protecting New Yorkers. The ceremony, honoring the fallen EMS providers, took place at the Empire State Plaza in Albany
Labor unions representing laid off NIOSH, CDC workers to protest in D.C. next week
Unions representing workers laid off at federal health and oversight agencies are heading to Washington D.C. next week to protest past and continued cuts to their workforces by the federal government’s new Department of Government Efficiency.
Trump staffing cuts affecting 9/11 health program: ‘Unconscionable terminations’
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and three other U.S. senators are now demanding answers and “clarity” from the newly appointed U.S. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy on the “upheaval” of the health program.