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Lila Nordstrom: Advocate for Affordable Health Care for Former Students
On Sept. 11, 2001, Lila Nordstrom was a senior attending class on the top floor of Stuyvesant High School, just blocks away from the World Trade Center.
NYPD Capt. Douglas Greenwood deserved a better way to die
Although I live in Connecticut now, I’m a Bronx kid who will always think of myself as a New Yorker.
Prevalence of and factors associated with mammography and prostate-specific antigen screening among World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees, 2015-2016
To compare the prevalence of mammography and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in 9/11-exposed persons with the prevalence among the US population…
Message from Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya
As a team, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (“VCF”) remains committed to awarding compensation as quickly and fairly as possible, and to handling each claim with the individual attention it deserves.
9/11 victims fund awards $4B amid ‘increasing numbers and types of illnesses’
The terror attacks of Sept. 11 are still taking a toll nearly 17 years later.
Funeral held for NYPD officer who died from 9/11 illness
A first responder during the Sept. 11 attacks in Manhattan was laid to rest Wednesday after contracting a 9/11-related illness.
Governor Cuomo honors fallen police officers
A local police officer who died in the line of duty was honored Tuesday in a special memorial service remembering police officer and sheriff’s deputies who died in service to their communities.
Firefighters in World Trade Center Attacks Have Increased Risk of Multiple Myeloma
Firefighters exposed to environmental carcinogens during the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks on September 11, 2001, have a higher prevalence of multiple myeloma (MM) precursor disease and may have a higher chance…
51 names being added to Police Officers’ Memorial in Albany
The names of dozens of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty have been added to the State of New York Police Officers’ Memorial in Albany.
NYPD Officer Mark Natale, a 9/11 responder, dies of cancer
The South Huntington native, 55, worked at Ground Zero after the attacks on the Twin Towers.