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Normal Lung Function and Mortality in World Trade Center Responders and NHANES III Participants
A single cross-sectional measurement of FEV1 is predictive of mortality over two decades, even when FEV1 is in the normal range.
Congress should make funding for the 9/11 health program permanent
Federal officials are still filling the World Trade Center Health Program’s budget holes piecemeal.
Queens man allegedly scammed women, including a 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund recipient, out of $167K
Richard Yasnis, 42, was arrested on Wednesday after he claimed to be a licensed investment advisor and a representative of Cahill Financial Group.
FLEOA Applauds Inclusion of $676 Million for World Trade Center Health Program in Defense Bill
“First responders, civilian personnel, and military personnel who courageously and immediately responded to the attacks are still falling ill from diseases like sarcoidosis.”
AFSCME’s Saunders applauds expansion of World Trade Center Health Program to include additional 9/11 first responders
“Our nation will never forget those — including many AFSCME members — who jumped into action and put their lives on the line to save others on that tragic day.”
A ‘speaker’ for 9/11 health funding
Advocates and survivors who’ve spent more than a decade fighting for funding for those with 9/11-related illnesses found an unlikely ally.
PTSD and lower respiratory symptoms: A systematic review of longitudinal associations in early 9/11 World Trade Center responders
The data demonstrate that there are significant associations between PTSD and LRS among 9/11 early responders.
Mike Johnson’s 9/11 moment: The House speaker comes through for the World Trade Center Health Program
He found a way to fill in part of the shortfall in the CDC’s WTC Health Program that provides medical care for the responders and survivors who still suffer from the toxic fallout from the WTC’s destruction.
Feds fix loophole preventing soldiers from getting 9/11 healthcare
Additions to the National Defense Authorization Act will now allow soldiers and sailors who helped sift through the rubble at the Pentagon and Shanksville, PA to enroll in the WTC Health Program.
World Trade Center Health Program gets $676 million in final defense bill
The annual defense bill released late Wednesday authorizes $676 million for the WTC Health Program to extend services to those who responded on 9/11 at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.