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911 Health Watch calls on Secretary Kennedy to Lift Communications Ban on the World Trade Center Health Program and Allow the Program to Respond to Conditions that Appear to Have Increased Incidence Impacting 9/11 Responders
This pause has shut down all normal communications between the 9/11 community and the World Trade Center Health Program, and is impacting the program’s normal functioning.
Uncertainty over certification affects possible 9/11-related illnesses coverage
The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program is apparently not reviewing whether new illnesses that may be tied to Ground Zero exposures after the 9/11 attacks should be added to the list of conditions it covers. That leaves patients with emerging conditions that could be related to such exposure without program coverage or financial assistance.
PTSD’s long-term toll on 9/11 responders remains, Stony Brook study finds
The study draws on more than 81,000 clinical observations from 12,822 responders in the program. The results showed that PTSD symptoms often persist or worsen overtime and can predict long-term physical and mental health issues.
These workers built America’s nuclear arsenal. Trump hit pause on their medical claims
Hicks’ effort to win benefits and compensation for him and thousands of nuclear workers is in limbo after the HHS suspended indefinitely the expert medical bodies charged with reviewing those claims.
Retired NYSP Sgt. Frederick Scheidt Dies From 9/11 Illness
Sergeant Frederick Scheidt Jr., 67, of Middle Grove, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, from an illness stemming from his assignment in and around the World Trade Center site following the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001, according to State Police.
9/11 attacks are still claiming lives of people who weren’t in the towers that day
Almost three decades on, and the September 11, 2001, attacks are sadly still claiming lives. Interestingly, however, these latest victims weren’t involved in 9/11 directly.
Senators rip Kennedy for problems afflicting WTC Health Program
Staffing shortages and associated administrative issues at the World Trade Center Health Program are compromising the care sought and needed by survivors of the 9/11 terror attacks, according to U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer.
NJ’s 9/11 first responders get fresh chance at disability benefits
A new law enacted by Gov. Phil Murphy is giving a group of New Jersey’s 9/11 first responders a new chance to file for accidental disability retirement benefits.
3 additional 9/11 victims have been identified, according to the New York City chief medical examiner’s office
Ryan Fitzgerald of Floral Park, N.Y., Barbara Keating of Palm Springs, Calif., and an adult woman whose name is being withheld at the request of her family are the 1,651st, 1,652nd and 1,653rd victims positively identified through DNA analysis.
Sens. Schumer, Gillibrand call on Health Secretary Kennedy to fix issues with WTC Health Program
The World Trade Center Health Program continues to be hampered by staffing shortages and operational issues, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer said in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.