Archive of Email Newsletters
911 Health Watch Releases “VCF Deadline Countdown Clock” 150 Days Before Filing Deadline for VCF
Today, 150 days before the first major deadline of the revised September 11th, Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) , 911 Health Watch released its “VCF Deadline Countdown Clock” to remind those injured by 9/11 that they may have only 150 days to register with the VCF. 911 Health Watch is making its clock available to organizations […]
9/11 Health in News Update
Below are summaries with url’s to news articles that appeared last week about 9/11 Health and Compensation issues. An archive of past articles by year, can be found on the 911 Health Watch website at https://www.911healthwatch.org/news/ : April 26, 2013– EHP — Cancer Incidence in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers, 2001-2008Cancers among 20,984 […]
Update on Recent Developments Regarding Cancer and 9/11
There are two recent developments regarding Cancer and 9/11. Last week there was a change in the rules for certification of Breast Cancer under the World Trade Center Health Program and today there is a newly published study “Cancer Incidence in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers, 2001-2008” On April 17th, the National Institute […]
Update on Victims Compensation Fund
Special Master Sheila Birnbaum, of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund or VCF, recently posted an update on the progress the Fund has made in compensating those injured by the attack on 9/11. http://www.vcf.gov/ She has published program statistics, which she plans to update monthly, that show the progress in reviewing claims and making determinations. […]
Update on Sequestration and 9/11 health
Peg Seminario, 911 Health Watch Board member and Director for Safety and Health for the AFL-CIO, has updated her article on the “sequester” – the across the board budget cuts that recently went into effect- and how it will impact both 9/11 Programs. The article explains that the Victims Compensation Fund faces a $17 million […]
Update on Sequestration and 9/11 health
Peg Seminario, 911 Health Watch Board member and Director for Safety and Health for the AFL-CIO, has updated her article on the “sequester” – the across the board budget cuts that recently went into effect- and how it will impact both 9/11 Programs. The article explains that the Victims Compensation Fund faces a $17 million […]
Update on WTC Health Program
The World Trade Center Health Program just released updated statistics for all four of its programs for the 4th Quarter of 2012. They show the total program participation for the New York Fire Department Program, the Responders Program, the Survivor Program and the National Program is at 64,038 Responders and Survivors. http://www.cdc.gov/wtc/pdfs/WTCHPStatus2013-03-26.pdf Since the new […]
9/11 Pentagon, Shanksville Responders to be covered under WTC Health Program
The World Trade Center Health Program today published in the Federal Register an Interim Final Rule detailing the eligibility criteria for responders to receive care and treatment following the terrorist attacks at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. https://federalregister.gov/a/2013-07146 The James Zadroga, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which was signed into […]
9/11 Pentagon, Shanksville Responders to be covered under WTC Health Program
The World Trade Center Health Program today published in the Federal Register an Interim Final Rule detailing the eligibility criteria for responders to receive care and treatment following the terrorist attacks at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. https://federalregister.gov/a/2013-07146 The James Zadroga, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which was signed into […]
Queens Health Center Relocates to Larger Facility in Rego Park, Queens
Wanted to let you know that yesterday, the North Shore-LIJ Health System opened a new Queens World Trade Center (WTC) Clinical Center of Excellence, moving from Flushing to new larger facility in Rego Park, Queens. The new 3,650-square-foot center, about 50 percent larger than the Flushing facility, is part of the responder Health Program created […]