Archive of News (2022)
Jon Stewart and 9/11 advocates cajole Congress to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to vets sickened by burn pits
Federal officials believe at least 3.5 million members of the service were exposed to toxic fumes and dust similar to the noxious smoke from the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
CDC Awards Funding for Mount Sinai World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence
New contract provides eight years’ support for vital WTC-related health care for 9/11 workers and volunteers
Advocates anxious to have uterine cancer added to World Trade Center Health Program coverage list
Regulators in Washington are still reviewing the proposal, with no timeline for final approval.
What Congress owes 9/11 first responders now
Cuts are unacceptable; cuts to this program are insulting.
9/11 health program users plagued with problems using new medical providers
A change in the companies managing health care for more than 118,000 people sickened by the 9/11 attacks has proven a nightmare for many enrolled in the program.
Retired NYC firefighter with ALS fights for 9/11 pension; gets help from fallen NYPD cop’s lawsuit
Firefighter Robert Olsen claims he suffered asthma resulting from Lou Gehrig’s Disease as a result of 30 days he breathed in the toxic air while aiding rescue and recovery efforts.
Retired State Police sergeant from Columbia County dies of WTC effects
A City of Hudson resident, Sgt. Ivan Morales died from an illness stemming from his assignment at the World Trade Center site following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
Bureaucratic red tape delaying approval of uterine cancer as 9/11 illness, advocates say
Federal health officials are dragging their feet on adding cancers of the uterus to a list of 9/11-related health conditions — outraging survivors fighting to have the illnesses recognized.
Clearing up confusion about new 9/11 victim compensation laws
The state can’t require the federal government to do anything, but the lawyers and other New Yorkers who drew conclusions about the law either did not read it or did not understand it.
Don’t leave them hanging: America must meet its obligation to those suffering 9/11 health ailments
Politicians so eager to stand by the fallen victims of 9/11 and their families are derelict in their obligation to the much larger group of still-living survivors and first responders