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Man Beats Rare Cancer After Toxic Exposure on 9/11: I Could’ve ‘Given Up, but That’s Just Not Who I Am’
Nine years after being exposed to toxins on 9/11, Gerard Vanderberg was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood plasma cells.
Fund the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023
additional funding is needed because the WTCHP has seen a significant increase in enrollment of late, in part because cancers take time to develop and be diagnosed.
9/11 related diseases daily concern for first responders 22 years later
According to the CDC, more than 17,000 World Trade Center first responders have been diagnosed with cancer. 1,650 of them have died from the disease.
The World Trade Center Health Registry Marks 20 Years of 9/11 Research
The Registry was created to understand the short- and long-term health effects and gaps in care among exposed people.
Retired Stuyvesant High School teacher blames teacher union head Randi Weingarten for 9/11-related illness
Gary Brandwein, a teacher at the elite magnet school from 1984 through 2002, says he developed an atrial fibrillation that ultimately “destroyed my life” months after returning to the toxic campus.
Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Honoring The Lives Lost And The Heroic Actions Taken On September 11th, 2001
“A lifetime can pass, but to me, it always feels like yesterday.”
Sacramento chaplain who responded to Ground Zero on 9/11 shares her post-traumatic stress diagnosis
Twenty-two years ago, Sacramento Chaplain Mindi Russell was at Ground Zero. Now she is still processing what she saw and learning about the impact it’s had on her own health.
Health problems have followed many 9/11 survivors, CDC shows in new museum exhibit
Many who survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks have health problems. The CDC in Atlanta is hosting an exhibit that pays tribute to those suffering and shows what public health experts have learned.
Lauren Boebert leads GOP lawmakers sharing 9/11 anniversary tributes despite voting against aid for families
Some social media users responded to her post, calling out her hypocrisy and even calling her a “traitor.”
Gov. Hochul signs 9/11 Notice Act into law
The bill requires employers to notify any individuals who were in the exposure zones of their right to register for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and the World Trade Center Health Program.