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Revived 9/11 Worker Protection Task Force doesn’t include sanitation, EMS unions
New York’s revived 9/11 Worker Protection Task Force met for the first time in February, but representatives for sanitation and EMS workers, hundreds of whom have died of World Trade Center-related illnesses, were not invited to participate.
HHS Secretary Kennedy says he’s ‘fixing’ World Trade Center Health Program
In recent weeks, NY1 has reported on assertions from lawmakers that staffing cuts and reassignments at the agency are damaging the program and endangering the lives of the people it serves.
Bipartisan concern grows as 9/11 health program delays stretch past a year
A year after staffing cuts, leadership disruptions and communication restrictions slowed the World Trade Center Health Program, decisions on whether to add new conditions remain unresolved, with no clear timeline, advocates told ABC News.
‘A moral injury’: City sued over not releasing information on Lower Manhattan air quality danger after 9/11 attack
Advocates for victims are taking that fight to Manhattan Supreme Court — on Sunday, they filed a lawsuit against the city to compel it to release its files.
A mayor’s office memo warned of potential 9/11 liability; now it says it has no records
The mayor’s office and law department both told Andy Carboy they would not be turning over any records, according to a February letter.
Ground Zero lawsuit accuses NYC of withholding documents from families
The city has denied a Freedom of Information Law request for records on toxins at Ground Zero after 9/11, saying no documents could be found — just months after producing 68 boxes of similar materials.
NYC denies another request for info on 9/11 toxins, prompting new lawsuit
Advocates for 9/11 survivors are again suing for the data, claiming city officials are playing hide and seek with people’s lives.
Post-Traumatic Growth and Quality of Life Among World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees 16 Years After 9/11
We found that 31% of the sample enrollees experienced PTG and that PTG exhibited a clinically and statistically significant association with the SF-12 mental scale but not the physical scale.
Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in World Trade Center Responders: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study
The taVNS group showed modest PTSD improvement, with a 10-point CAPS-5 reduction in 40% of stimulation participants versus 28.5% sham; no significant differences in self-reported symptoms were found.
World Trade Center Health Program will start hiring, federal officials tell lawmakers
The World Trade Center Health Program, grappling with staffing shortages, is expected to start hiring to fill job vacancies, New York House Republicans were told Thursday by federal health officials.