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Leader Schumer, Gillibrand Statement On Reports Of CDC Employees, Including World Trade Center Health Program Employees, Being Laid Off By The Trump Administration
We have serious questions and grave concerns regarding potential staff reductions for the essential World Trade Center Health Program.
9/11 changed this New York couple’s lives — and love — forever
Twelve hours had gone by since Sonia had last heard from her husband. Suddenly, Joe appeared at the door covered in soot.
CDC cuts: How will the World Trade Center Health Program be impacted?
The cuts are considered a continuation of Thursday’s firing of thousands of people at multiple agencies.
HHS is losing thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cuts
Department of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired Friday.
Staff at CDC and NIH are reeling as Trump administration cuts workforce
The Trump administration is slashing about 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Staff were notified Friday of the cuts.
The Sick List: Survivor Enrollment Outpaced Responders in Trade Center Health Program for 2024
The World Trade Center Health Program has published statistics that paint a sobering portrait of need for medical care among the population of “survivors” of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
FDNY firefighter miraculously survived both towers falling down on 9/11. After years of health issues, he took his own life
On Saturday, Tommy Dunn took his own life after years of struggling with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a direct consequence of 9/11, which also caused him to develop asthma.
2 More N.Y. Firefighters Die from 9/11-Related Illnesses
Firefighter Thomas Dunn, 53, and Battalion Chief Dennis J. Collopy, 84, died from World Trade Center-related illnesses, the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) said.
FDNY loses another member to 9/11-related illness, firefighter orgs say
Thomas Dunn, a former member of Engine Company 234 in Brooklyn, died Saturday of sicknesses born out of the massive response to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
LA is Toxic, and We Need to Talk About it
The LA fires are unprecedented in their scope and destruction. The best comparison I can think of – and one I haven’t seen anyone make yet – is 9/11.