9/11 Health and Compensation in the News

Below are summaries with url’s to news articles that appeared recently about 9/11 Health and Compensation issues. .

An archive of past articles by year, can be found on the 911 Health Watch website at http://www.911healthwatch.org/news/ :

FIRST RESPONDERS SUFFERING 9/11-RELATED ILLNESSES FACE SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
WCBS | May 14, 2020

There was a show of respect Thursday on Long Island for a fallen first responder who lost his battle with 9/11-related illness.

ROBERT PAPIK, WHO SACRIFICED HIS HEALTH TO FEED FIRST RESPONDERS AFTER 9/11, DIES OF CORONAVIRUS
Spectrum | May 13, 2020

Robert Papik was working for a catering company when the planes struck the Twin Towers on 9/11.

ALLERGY AND LUNG INJURY AMONG RESCUE WORKERS EXPOSED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER ASSESSED 17 YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO GROUND ZERO

NCBI | May 12, 2020

Following exposure to the WTC disaster, the patients in our cohort developed allergic hypersensitivity and severe lung injury with only partial reversibility.

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND THE ASSOCIATION WITH OVERWEIGHT, OBESITY, AND WEIGHT CHANGE AMONG INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER, 2003-2016

NCBI | May 7, 2020

Among Veterans, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been shown to be associated with obesity and accelerated weight gain.