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Association between obstructive sleep apnea and hearing loss among a cohort of emergency responders
We report a significant association between OSA and HL among emergency responders.
Trump admin reinstates 9/11 survivors program staff following HHS reorganization
The Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) sent out reinstatement notices to staff members who were part of a federal healthcare program for 9/11 survivors, following a reduction in force at HHS.
HHS revokes some layoff notices, including to 9/11 program
The Department of Health and Human Services formally revoked some layoff notices on Tuesday, multiple federal health officials told CBS News, restoring some staff at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
Some World Trade Center program workers who help those with 9/11 illness rehired, source says, in reversal of Trump administration budget cuts
The Trump administration has rehired the majority of the 16 federal workers in one office that helps those sickened by 9/11 toxins and who were abruptly fired last week, according to a source close to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
Betraying 9/11 survivors: WTC Health Program firings undercut promise to restore services
The promise of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore the steep cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program was a worthless lie, betraying the heroes and victims of 9/11.
‘This Is an Outrageous Betrayal’
Chaos and uncertainty surrounding the World Trade Center Health Program resumed last week, when a series of developments cast doubt on the future of the initiative.
‘Chaos’: Latest cuts at World Trade Center Health Program spark new fears patient care will suffer
Cuts are sparking new fears that patient care will suffer, interrupting or delaying the treatments some enrollees desperately need as they battle ailments caused by the toxic chemicals unleashed by the collapse of the Twin Towers.
Statement on President Trump Responding to a Question Last Night Regarding the Firing of the World Trade Center Health Program Staff
“Mr. President, we would suggest that you speak to your Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
RFK Jr.’s HHS Faces Multi-State Suit for Federal Health Cuts
New York, Michigan, Arizona, and others argue the Trump administration has “systematically deprived HHS of the resources necessary to do its job.”
‘Data Chaos’: Secretary Kennedy defends database on ‘existential disease’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighs in on President Donald Trump banning China’s gain-of-function research and defends ‘dialing back’ health agencies on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’