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Rep. Sherrill Applauds World Trade Center Health Program Decision to Add Uterine Cancer to List of Covered Conditions
“I am proud that we are finally fulfilling our promise to 9/11 first responders, including the many women who ran into danger that day and on the days that followed,” said Rep. Sherrill.
Uterine cancer now covered by World Trade Center Health Program
It took years of advocacy and scientific study for uterine cancer to be added to the coverage list, well after 60 other cancers were covered.
In Memoriam: Kathy Gupta (1950-2023)
This makes her the latest in a succession of community leaders taken by an illness arising from exposure to environmental toxins on September 11, 2001, and in the weeks and months that followed.
Exposure to World Trade Center Dust Exacerbates Cognitive Impairment in an Animal Model of Alzheimer’s
The study suggests a peripheral-brain immune inflammatory “cross-talking” that may increase the likelihood of cognitive decline.
Feds will now provide health coverage to women with 9/11-linked cancer
While women make up about half of those eligible, they account for only 26,125 of the 114,775 members of the 9/11 health program.
Uterine cancer recognized as 9/11 illness, widening scope of World Trade Center Health Program
The shift comes after years of advocacy to include various forms of malignant neoplasms that affect the uterus, including the most common form of the disease, endometrium cancer.
Uterine cancer officially added to list of 9/11 illnesses: federal officials
The updated rule will add “malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus (uterine cancer)” to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions.
World Trade Center Health Program best practices for the diagnosis and treatment of fibrosing interstitial lung diseases
This brief article summarizes pertinent issues of diagnosis and management of ILDs, applicable to the diverse group of ILDs that have been observed in the WTC Health Program covered population.
Feds should cover women with 9/11-linked cancer, powerful N.J. congressman says
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. asked Secretary Xavier Becerra and John Howard, administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program, to quickly add uterine cancer to the list of conditions eligible for treatment.
New Ground Zero Congressman Dan Goldman vows to win 9/11 health funding after setbacks
The new congressman for Ground Zero is vowing to make sure the 9/11 health program gets its funding problems permanently fixed.