Archive of News (2026)
Bipartisan concern grows as 9/11 health program delays stretch past a year
A year after staffing cuts, leadership disruptions and communication restrictions slowed the World Trade Center Health Program, decisions on whether to add new conditions remain unresolved, with no clear timeline, advocates told ABC News.
‘A moral injury’: City sued over not releasing information on Lower Manhattan air quality danger after 9/11 attack
Advocates for victims are taking that fight to Manhattan Supreme Court — on Sunday, they filed a lawsuit against the city to compel it to release its files.
A mayor’s office memo warned of potential 9/11 liability; now it says it has no records
The mayor’s office and law department both told Andy Carboy they would not be turning over any records, according to a February letter.
Ground Zero lawsuit accuses NYC of withholding documents from families
The city has denied a Freedom of Information Law request for records on toxins at Ground Zero after 9/11, saying no documents could be found — just months after producing 68 boxes of similar materials.
NYC denies another request for info on 9/11 toxins, prompting new lawsuit
Advocates for 9/11 survivors are again suing for the data, claiming city officials are playing hide and seek with people’s lives.
Post-Traumatic Growth and Quality of Life Among World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees 16 Years After 9/11
We found that 31% of the sample enrollees experienced PTG and that PTG exhibited a clinically and statistically significant association with the SF-12 mental scale but not the physical scale.
Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in World Trade Center Responders: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study
The taVNS group showed modest PTSD improvement, with a 10-point CAPS-5 reduction in 40% of stimulation participants versus 28.5% sham; no significant differences in self-reported symptoms were found.
World Trade Center Health Program will start hiring, federal officials tell lawmakers
The World Trade Center Health Program, grappling with staffing shortages, is expected to start hiring to fill job vacancies, New York House Republicans were told Thursday by federal health officials.
Gillibrand, Schumer Continue To Press Secretary Kennedy On World Trade Center Health Program Staff Cuts
This week, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) launched a new effort to press U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to quickly address the staff cuts and administrative delays at the World Trade Center Health Program.
WTC health advocates point to delays in getting new conditions covered
Advocates for people who have medical issues related to the 9/11 attacks are raising concerns that staffing shortages at the World Trade Center Health Program and leadership shake-ups at the Centers for Disease Control have made it harder to get new conditions covered.