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Phil Alvarez continues fight of his late brother, Oceanside resident Luis Alvarez
New VCF policy aids 9/11 victims
Seminar to help retired first responders get compensation for 9/11-related illnesses
Tens of thousands of first responders who worked at Ground Zero during Sept. 11 are now battling cancer or another illness.
9/11 Workers May Be at Higher Cancer Risk
Ground zero workers had higher rates of cancer, especially prostate and thyroid cancers and leukemia.
The Burden of Subthreshold Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in World Trade Center Responders in the Second Decade After 9/11
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the prevalence, risk and protective correlates, and clinical characteristics associated with probable subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in police and nontraditional (eg, construction workers) World Trade Center (WTC) responders…
Cancers Related to 9/11 in Responders & Survivors
As we near 2 decades since the terrorist attack of 9/11, many of our memories, feelings, and worries of that tragedy have faded, our thoughts drifting to other causes, other cares, other grave calamities.
9/11 survivors get more time to ask for money to cover health care costs
First responders and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have been given more time to ask for compensation to cover their health care costs.
Deadline extended to make wrongful death claim for 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
The deadline has been extended to make a wrongful death claim for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
An agonizing dispute among terror victims
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund splitting payouts under questionable rationale
Elevated Leukemia Incidence Found in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers
Responders who worked at the World Trade Center site after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, have an increased overall cancer incidence compared to the general population, particularly in thyroid cancer, prostate cancer…
New 9/11 first responder study highlights risk of leukemia
A new study found 9/11 first responders may face a heightened risk of developing leukemia, nearly two decades after the terror attacks.