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25 years after 9/11, Tres Piedras resident battles Ground Zero illness
Chrystyenne Mahr of Tres Piedras, New Mexico was one of thousands of firefighters who responded at Ground Zero. In the years since 9/11, she’s developed chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and post-traumatic stress disorder.
AFA-CWA Honors Fallen Heroes of 9/11
On September 11, 2001, the United States suffered the deadliest terror attacks in our history. This year, marking the 25th remembrance of this tragedy, members of AFA-CWA honored the lives of their colleagues and friends lost during the attack.
Children of 9/11 to finally get a major health study
The agency has specified that study participants will have been 21 years old or younger, or in utero, and living below 14th Street in Manhattan or anywhere in Brooklyn on and after 9/11.
‘Messy, Difficult’: Building a User-Friendly Portal for New York’s 9/11 Documents
In a major upgrade from the Mamdani administration’s site, every available document is pulled up by clicking on an individual dot.
In Michigan Senate race, Abdul El-Sayed’s attack on Mike Rogers’ 9/11 record needs context
Rogers opposed the 2010 bill that created the World Trade Center Health Program and dedicated billions in funding for 9/11 first responders, but the nine-vote tally El-Sayed described is missing context.
25 Years After 9/11, Mount Sinai Continues Its Commitment to Caring for First Responders and Safeguarding Public Health
Like countless New Yorkers, Michael Crane, MD, MPH, has his own personal story about the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
32BJ highlights members’ 9/11 role, launches campaign to organize 50,000 security officers
Twenty-five years after 9/11, Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union is using the anniversary to renew its push to organize tens of thousands of New York City security officers, arguing that the workers who help keep the city’s buildings safe still too often lack basic workplace protections.
Invitation to October Research Webinar
Presentation: Evolving Cancer Characteristics Among World Trade Center Survivors: An Update from the WTC Environmental Health Center
Lawmakers seek federal help as 9/11 pension costs soar
New legislation would authorize more than $5.9 billion to reimburse eligible public employee retirement systems for costs of death and disability benefits that have resulted from the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center.
WTC Health Program Now Wants Decades-Old Records to Prove Breathing Issues
Advocates for survivors of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, are pushing back against a policy change by the World Trade Center Health Program, which tightens the requirements for documentation, in order to receive coverage of “aerodigestive conditions,” such as sinusitis or asthma.