Archive of News (2021)
9/11 Survivors Are Still Getting Sick Decades Later: ‘Am I Next?’
By some estimates, more than 400,000 people in Lower Manhattan, including those who lived, worked and studied there, were exposed to toxic material from the pulverized towers.
COVID Death Toll Among 9/11 First Responders and Survivors Nears Grim Milestone
Almost 100 people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program have died from the virus, though advocates believe many others beyond the registry have succumbed.
Congress aims to fund 9/11 health program deficit by adding to the upcoming $3.5T budget bill
While the World Trade Center Health Program has the money it needs for the short-term, surging enrollments and escalating cases of cancer are pushing costs up much faster than was predicted.
Pallone Includes $2.86 Billion in Funding for the 9/11 World Trade Center Health Program in Build Back Better Act
While the program has been extended by Congress until 2090, data from the CDC estimates that this vital program will face a projected funding shortfall starting in 2025. The legislation will address this shortfall.
Health impacts from 9/11 attacks continue, 20 years later
Twenty years after the Twin Towers collapsed, 9/11 continues to haunt civilians and first responders who were in lower Manhattan in the months following the terrorist attacks.
Rutgers’ World Trade Center Health Program continues to save lives
The center has 4,784 on its list of patients and is currently treating 2,526 for ailments ranging from respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders to sleep apnea, post-traumatic stress disorder and cancer, particularly head and neck cancers.
No Regrets From First Responders Suffering Chronic Illness From Ground Zero Toxins; ‘Our City Needed Us’
For Tarquinio and others living with the scars of heroism, it was an instinctive act to help amid unimaginable destruction. They didn’t know, at the time, they would become victims themselves.
20 years after 9/11, toll mounts among responders who faced toxins at ground zero
On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 90,000 emergency responders raced to the front lines of the unfolding tragedy. They were hoping to save lives – thinking little of their own – because they were told they didn’t have to.
Pallone, Sherrill work to expand 9/11 first responder health coverage
With the 20th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center approaching this Saturday, two members of Congress from New Jersey are highlighting their efforts to expand health care funding and coverage for 9/11 first responders.
World Trade Center program offers valuable information for health care professionals
The CDC’s World Trade Center Health Program provides important information for all health care professionals, even those who do not treat anyone directly affected by the 9/11 tragedies, those with direct knowledge of the program said.