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On The Heels Of 9/11, Gillibrand, Schumer, Garbarino, Braun, Nadler, D’esposito, Goldman Champion Bipartisan Push To Include Senate-Passed Amendment To Help Close World Trade Center Health Program Funding Gap In Final NDAA
Eight years since Congress reauthorized the program, it is estimated that the funding formula will not be able to keep pace with the anticipated costs of providing the program’s services for 9/11 heroes.
World Trade Center Health Program faces major funding shortfall, needs roughly $2 billion, politicians say
Elected officials paint a bleak picture for the program, which provides medical treatment and monitoring for 124,000 Americans still suffering from the health effects of the nation’s worst terror attack.
SBU study reveals WTC 9/11 responders continue to need monitoring of PTSD, cognitive status
A compilation of new research published over the past year suggests the need to delve further into investigating the brain status of responders and their cognitive problems.
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.