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GROUND ZERO: THE IMPACT; Survey Finds A Community In Anguis
In late October, about six weeks after the World Trade Center attacks, a team of government interviewers fanned out through Lower Manhattan, knocking on apartment doors, to gauge the mental and physical health of residents who lived near ground zero. What emerged, through conversations with 414 anonymous New Yorkers, was a snapshot of a suffering community.
Studies Will Take Sept. 11’s Measure In Health Effects
Public health researchers in New York, struggling to determine the real dimensions of the health threat at the World Trade Center site, are beginning an ambitious series of long-term studies to identify and then track a wide range of people who lived through the nightmare of dust, smoke and stress when the towers fell.
Studies Will Take Sept. 11’s Measure In Health Effects
Public health researchers in New York, struggling to determine the real dimensions of the health threat at the World Trade Center site, are beginning an ambitious series of long-term studies to identify and then track a wide range of people who lived through the nightmare of dust, smoke and stress when the towers fell.
Senators Clinton and Lieberman to Hold Hearing on Downtown Air Quality
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut will lead a hearing in the city next month concerning the air quality at ground zero, particularly the health effects of early exposure to dust clouds from the trade center collapse, she announced yesterday.
FAMILIES; On the Lookout For High Anxiety
The image is frozen in her mind. A 12-year-old girl who witnessed one of the planes hitting the World Trade Center still sees it as a vivid picture. She can remember the expressions on people’s faces, the color of the sky and the sounds of people crying and screaming. The memory replays constantly.
FAMILIES; On the Lookout For High Anxiety
THE image is frozen in her mind. A 12-year-old girl who witnessed one of the planes hitting the World Trade Center still sees it as a vivid picture. She can remember the expressions on people’s faces, the color of the sky and the sounds of people crying and screaming. The memory replays constantly.
A NATION CHALLENGED: THE EMPLOYER; Families of Victims Fault Benefits Plan Of Insurance Giant
Soon after Sept. 11, Marsh & McLennan Companies announced that it would provide the families of 295 employees killed in the World Trade Center attack with a year of full health insurance benefits. Senior executives considered the offer generous, yet quickly found themselves faced with an unexpected groundswell of anger.
A NATION CHALLENGED: THE EMPLOYER; Families of Victims Fault Benefits Plan Of Insurance Giant
Soon after Sept. 11, Marsh & McLennan Companies announced that it would provide the families of 295 employees killed in the World Trade Center attack with a year of full health insurance benefits. Senior executives considered the offer generous, yet quickly found themselves faced with an unexpected groundswell of anger.
Budget Battle Ends in Congress Without the Usual Brouhaha
The often contentious process of deciding how much to spend on activities of the federal government came to a close today on Capitol Hill, with few of the fireworks and none of the presidential vetoes that had become common in recent years.
Budget Battle Ends in Congress Without the Usual Brouhaha
The often contentious process of deciding how much to spend on activities of the federal government came to a close today on Capitol Hill, with few of the fireworks and none of the presidential vetoes that had become common in recent years.