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9/11 Memorial & Museum Glade to open at the end of May

Life changed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and few know this better than the first responders to the World Trade Center.

Metabolic Syndrome Biomarkers of World Trade Center Airway Hyperreactivity: A 16-Year Prospective Cohort Study

Airway hyperreactivity (AHR) related to environmental exposure is a significant public health risk worldwide.

9/11 Is Not a Memory: For First Responders It’s a Current Event

The political bickering that consumes Washington, D.C., and much of the nation has been a death knell for many bipartisan pieces of legislation that have come before Congress in recent years.

Fight Continues To Replenish 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund

They’re not giving up and they’re not taking “no” for an answer.

The Good Fight

Tomorrow (Thursday, April 25), Congressman Jerry Nadler, who represents Lower Manhattan in Washington, will host a public information session on the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund (VCF)…

Rev. Frederic Bradford Burnham

The Rev. Frederic Bradford Burnham, PhD, was born July 21, 1938 in Cambridge, MA and died peacefully at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center, Asheville, NC on January 23, 2019.

Time to Onset of Paresthesia Among Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster

We examined whether time to onset of paresthesia was associated with indicators of severity of World Trade Center (WTC) exposure.

“Never Forget” applies to 9/11 victims in past, continued future

On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders rushed selflessly into ground zero to fight for the lives of civilians.

The World Trade Center Health Program in New York: A Beacon for First Responders’ Health

As a citizen and in my official capacity as secretary of health for Louisiana, I have experienced both the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks and the 2016 floods in South Louisiana.

Meet 3 men sickened by 9/11: They will get 50% less from the near-broke Victims Compensation Fund

Lt. John McArdle was about to retire, using up accrued paid time off when two airliners crashed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001.