Archive of News (2022)
Stopgap funding bill set to dominate September agenda
The CR under discussion in the House would extend spending at roughly fiscal 2022 levels to Dec. 16, two and half months into the new fiscal year.
Jacksonville 9/11 first responder battling cancer dropped from WTC health program after insurance provider switch
Jeffrey Brown helped recover and remove bodies at the Pentagon. He said the WTC program paid for his cancer treatments up until last week.
Cover them too: Defense personnel should be covered by the 9/11 health program
Why does the health program set up by Congress for responders and survivors exclude Department of Defense personnel?
Veterans who worked as 9/11 first responders can’t access WTC health program due to technicality
Nate Coward didn’t ask questions when his company of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment was called on to recover and bury the Pentagon’s dead.
Judge Recommends Rejecting Bid by Sept. 11 Families to Seize Frozen Afghan Funds
A federal judge said the Afghan central bank’s assets could not legally be used to pay off judgment debts owed by the Taliban to relatives of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
World-Renowned Cancer Expert Shares Troubling Research on World Trade Center Exposure
New research suggests that workers who reported to the site were exposed to carcinogens that doubled their risk of developing myeloma, a type of cancer.
Congress called to fund medical program for 9/11 survivors
A medical program for survivors of the September 11 attacks is said to be “dangerously” close to running out of funding and advocates are sounding the alarm and asking congress to step in.
Do WTC Responders With Cognitive Impairment Show Signs of a New Form of Dementia?
According to the authors, this is the first study to examine white matter alterations using connectometry in a sample of WTC responders in mid-life (average age: 56) with and without concurrent PTSD.
Myeloma precursor disease (MGUS) among rescue and recovery workers exposed to the World Trade Center disaster
This study adds to mounting evidence supporting an association between WTC/environmental exposures and MGUS among rescue/recovery workers.
Old news clipping helps cancer patient prove he was at WTC on 9/11, collect benefits
“No one could have predicted 20 years later that we were going to need that proof to corroborate the story,” said Cullum’s lawyer.