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Feds to Recognize 9/11 Cancer Link: Report
The federal government is expected to recognize that rescue workers and people living near Ground Zero on 9/11 got cancer as a result, according to a published report.
WTC Health Program to Offer Cancer Coverage Beginning in Mid-October
John Howard, MD, Administrator for the WTC Health Program and Director of the National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health, announced that treatment for many different kinds of cancer will be available at the WTC Health Program as a result of a final rule published by the federal government.
Thousands set to claim compensation as federal government says there IS a link between toxic dust from 9/11 aftermath and up to 50 types of cancer
For the first time since the 9/11 attack, the federal government has recognized that people who lived near Ground Zero and first responders got cancer from toxic dust from the scene.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health announced the findings ahead of the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attack tomorrow.
9/11 Healthcare Worker Fund Will Now Start Covering Cancer Link
According to the New York Post, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – an organization that had the hefty responsibility of deciding whether cancer would be covered by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act – will announce in the coming days that 50 types of cancer will be covered by the $4.3 billion fund.
Anniversary of 9/11 marked under cloud of health problems, funding fights
Eleven years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, New Yorkers will mark the anniversary on Tuesday against a backdrop of health concerns for emergency workers and a feud over financing that has stopped construction of the $1 billion Ground Zero museum.
Feds FINALLY ready to recognize 9/11 cancer link
After an 11-year battle, the federal government is poised to finally recognize that people who lived near Ground Zero — as well as rescue and recovery workers who sifted through the toxic rubble there — got cancer as a result.
Federal government may finally recognize 9/11 cancer link, say attorneys of survivors
As the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches, the federal government is ready to finally recognize that rescue and recovery workers as well as residents near Ground Zero got cancer from the toxic rubble of the collapsed Twin Towers, the New York Post reports.
FDNY Adds Nine Names To 9/11 Memorial Wall
The Fire Department added nine names Thursday to the memorial wall for deaths related to World Trade Center illnesses.
The wall was unveiled last year, just before the 10th anniversary of the attacks, with 55 names on it.
Those charged with doling out money to sick 9/11 workers face complicated task
Sheila Birnbaum is known in legal circles across New York as the “queen of torts” for her prowess in sorting out complicated cases. But she may be up against her most daunting task to date
9/11 illness treatment center exhibits growth and change, 11 years after attacks
As the terrorists struck on Sept. 11, 2001, Dr. Nomi Levy-Carrick was starting school at Weill Cornell Medical College on the Upper East Side. She still recalls the feeling of helplessness that set in as the shock and horror of that day unfolded.