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World Trade Center neurotoxicant exposure severity is associated with cortical thinning and regional brain atrophy: a neuroimaging study of general responders at midlife
This study suggests that efforts to mitigate exposures in first responders might have long-term implications for cerebral health.
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
Rudy Giuliani denies hiding information about toxic dust inhaled by millions after 9/11
In a new interview, Giuliani responded to questions about the city Department of Investigation recently opening a probe to determine what city officials knew about toxins in the air and when they knew it some 25 years ago.
NYC’s top investigative agency kicks off probe into what local officials knew about toxic dust after 9/11
The Department of Investigation said it is entering into a contract with Epstein Becker & Green to help conduct the inquiry into the mayoral administrations from Rudy Giuliani to Mike Bloomberg, Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams.
Mesothelioma Cases Rising Among Those Exposed at Ground Zero
According to new CDC data and researchers who track 9/11 survivors’ long-term illnesses, mesothelioma is disproportionately being diagnosed among those who have enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program that was established in the aftermath of the September 11th terror attacks.
A quarter century after 9/11, Tres Piedras resident battles ground zero illness
Chrystyenne Mahr of Tres Piedras was one of thousands of firefighters who responded. In the years since 9/11, she’s developed chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Local disaster recovery specialist recalls working 9/11
Altoona native Jim Maher remembered kissing his daughter goodbye before starting his job as Pennsylvania’s first disaster recovery specialist in September 2001.
Claritev Corporation Is Selected By General Dynamics Information Technology To Support CDC’s World Trade Center Health Program
As part of GDIT’s team, Claritev will leverage its existing provider network to administer the Nationwide Provider Network (NPN), ensuring members across the country have access to available, high-quality healthcare.
The September 11 cancer wave ahead
“This is one of the largest man-made disasters in the history of United States,” said Dr. Alan Arslan, a cancer epidemiologist at NYU Langone Medical Center who studies September 11 survivors.
Part II: Twenty-five years later, NYPD detectives carry the cost of 9/11
Twenty-five years ago, New York City Police Department detectives Barry Anfang, Joe Costa and John Tucci responded to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and spent the days and weeks that followed searching for survivors, recovering remains and collecting evidence.