Archive of News (2018)
9/11 Responders Don’t Plan On Letting Congress Stiff Them, This Time
If there’s one thing 9/11 responders have learned over the last decade and a half, it’s that Congress won’t do anything to soothe the illness and tragedy that is still unfolding…
Risk factors for post-9/11 chronic rhinosinusitis in Fire Department of the City of New York workers
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) has high socioeconomic burden but underexplored risk factors.
Help the heroes: Every representative from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut must back the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
When the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund — which aids the victims and heroes who suffered the toxic effects of the World Trade Center’s destruction — passed Congress in 2010…
Council Speaker Joins Proponents Of Unlimited Sick Leave for 9/11 Work
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Oct. 17 called for the extension of unlimited sick leave to all civilian city workers now battling World Trade Center-related health issues…
EXCLUSIVE: Working while dying — NYPD employee with 9/11-related cancer forced to work after exhausting her sick days
NYPD civilian traffic agent Linda Mercer is among the hundreds of city workers who labored at Ground Zero in the bleak days after 9/11 — and years later, fell ill with a terminal illness.
Maloney to Speak at 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Workshop, Call for Congress to Take Quick Action to Fully Fund and Permanently Renew the VCF
Event hosted by Mount Sinai, 9/11 Health Watch and 9/11 WTC Health Program to help survivors and families navigate the VCF claims process
Gardner, Lance introduce bipartisan bills to permanently fund support for 9/11 victims
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) are original cosponsors of new bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would extend authorization…
Fire Department Remembers Its Dead ‘Doing Difficult Work Despite Dangers’
Lost 14 Members in Past Year
The development of a Biobank of cancer tissue samples from World Trade Center responders
World Trade Center (WTC) responders were exposed to mixture of dust, smoke, chemicals and carcinogens.
Posttraumatic stress disorder in the short and medium term following the World Trade Center attack among Asian Americans
This study investigated patterns of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their predictors among 2,431 Asian American and 31,455 non-Hispanic White World Trade Center…