Archive of News
July deadline approaching for 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund claim registration
Time is running out for individuals and families of loved ones who have been previously diagnosed with an illness related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to file a claim through the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
The World Trade Center Health Program: Petitions for adding qualifying health conditions
Describes the methods developed for adding health conditions to the list of qualifying health conditions and discusses changes to the list that have occurred during the Program’s 2011-2020 period.
Mental health mediators of subjective cognitive concerns among World Trade Center responders
Responders are vulnerable to cognitive decline from exposure to airborne toxins present at the WTC site, as well as from WTC-related mental and physical health conditions.
Park renamed in honor of Detective Luis Alvarez who fought for 9/11 victims’ rights
Nassau County officials were joined Tuesday afternoon by the family of Detective Luis G. Alvarez and other NYPD officers for the unveiling.
PTSD is associated with accelerated transcriptional aging in World Trade Center responders
Emerging evidence suggests that methylation age may be accelerated in PTSD.
Mapping the transcriptomics landscape of post-traumatic stress disorder symptom dimensions in World Trade Center responders
The investigation focused on differential expression (DE) at the gene, isoform, and for the first time, alternative splicing (AS) levels associated with the symptoms of PTSD
Street named for Sgt. Leif Eikeseth, who succumbed to 9/11-related illness
Eikeseth lost his battle with cancer in 2019, when he was just 62.
Special Agent Louis H. Aguirre: End of Watch
Special Agent Loius Aguirre died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to the search and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
NY Volunteer Firefighter Dies of 9/11-Related Cancer
Dennis Tortorella served with the Town of Mamaroneck Fire Department for over 50 years, earning the rank of captain and being named an honorary chief.
Thumbs up for translational research framework from WTC program
The World Trade Center Research Program highlights their success in a new study.