Archive of Press Releases
Statement of 911 Health Watch on Sheila Birnbaum stepping down as Special Master of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF)
Statement of 911 Health Watch Inc. on Sheila Birnbaum stepping down as Special Master of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and Attorney General Loretta Lynch appointing Ms. Rupa Bhattacharyya, currently the Director, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice as the new Special Master to run the program and make decisions over […]
Statement by 911 Health Watch on the World Trade Center Administrator’s decision to not include on the list of conditions covered for treatment by the program Peripheral Neuropathy
For Immediate Release from 9/11 Health Watch April 5th 2016 Statement by 911 Health Watch on the World Trade Center Administrator’s decision to not include on the list of conditions covered for treatment by the program Peripheral Neuropathy. “The World Trade Center Administrator in a decision posted in the Federal Register has decided not to […]
Statement from 911 Health Watch on Special Master Birnbaum’s Update on Payments
“The update issued by Special Master Birnbaum, reporting that the VCF has authorized over 1,000 full payments as of February 29th and that the VCF is on track with its plans to fully implement the reauthorization is good news for injured and ill 9/11 responders, survivors and their families. After all of the hard work by […]
Statement of 911 Health Watch on the Release of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund 4th Annual Report
For Immediate Release from 9/11 Health Watch February 9th, 2016 Press Contact: Benjamin Chevat (646) 634-9103 ben.chevat@911healthwatch.org Statement of 911 Health Watch on the Release of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund 4th Annual Report “Today’s release by the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of its 4th Annual Report along with updated statistics on its […]
9/11 Health Update on the Implementation of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization
As you know, after years of effort by the 9/11 community and its supporters, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act Reauthorization. The Act, authorizes the World Trade Center Health Program for the next 75 years, ensuring health care and medical monitoring for 9/11 responders and […]
Statement by 911 Health Watch on the World Trade Center Administrator’s decision to not include on the list of conditions covered for treatment by the program certain autoimmune diseases.
For Immediate Release from 9/11 Health Watch June 6th, 2015 Statement by 911 Health Watch on the World Trade Center Administrator’s decision to not include on the list of conditions covered for treatment by the program certain autoimmune diseases. “The World Trade Center Administrator in a decision posted in the Federal Register has decided not […]
911 Health Watch Response to Today’s Message from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master and Updated Statistics
For Immediate Release from 9/11 Health Watch January 15th, 2015 ben.chevat@911healthwatch.org 911 Health Watch Response to Today’s Message from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master and Updated Statistics “Today, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Sheila Birnbaum released a message and updated statistics on its progress to date. We are pleased […]
Statement on 4th Anniversary of the Passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010
December 22, 2014 Today is the fourth anniversary of the passage by Congress of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. We at 911 Health Watch would like to take this time to note the many ways in which the Zadroga law has helped those who were impacted by the health crisis caused by […]
Statement of 911 Health Watch on the Release of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund 3rdd Annual Report
The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, has just released its 3rd Annual Report along with updated statistics on its progress to date. Below is the Statement by 911 Health Watch on its release. For Immediate Release from 9/11 Health Watch October 17th, 2014 Press Contact: Benjamin Chevat 646) 634-9103 ben.chevat@911healthwatch.org Statement of 911 Health Watch […]
Statement by 911 Health Watch on the release today of Updated Statistics from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Below is a Press Statement by 911 Health Watch on the release today of Updated Statistics from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund For Immediate Release from 9/11 Health Watch September 9, 2014 Press Contact: Benjamin Chevat (646) 634-9103 ben.chevat@911healthwatch.org 911 Health Watch Response to Release of Updated Statistics from the September 11th Victim Compensation […]