Health News World Trade Center Health Program Needs $3 Billion In Additional Funding, 9 11 First Responder Advocates Say

Advocates seek to expand health program for 9/11 survivors. Here's what they want.

New York City and the nation are getting ready to mark 24 years since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. As the city honors the victims, advocates are calling on ... Read More

Democrats demand answers from Kennedy over delayed actions of 9/11 health program

Ahead of the 24th anniversary of 9/11, Democrats are demanding answers from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the future of the federal World Trade Center Health Program, which covers ... Read More

9/11 responders, advocates continue quest to solidify funding for World Trade Center Health Program

WASHINGTON — They remember the solemn pledges of "never forget" that echoed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But the group of 9/11 first responders and advocates who made their way through the ... Read More

9/11 survivors fear RFK Jr.'s cuts will endanger WTC Health Program

9/11 advocates say the World Trade Center Health Program is suffering under the second administration of President Trump and leadership of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr ... Read More

World Trade Center Health Program faces new challenges, 24 years later

Despite a growing demand for health care among survivors of the September 11th attacks and their aftermath, the federal program covering treatment for tens of thousands of individuals has been beset ... Read More

Lawmakers worry about hundreds of CT residents in World Trade Center Health Program

According to CDC data, there are more than 1,500 people in Connecticut who are enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program. It’s a federal program that was established in 2011, and it covers ... Read More

Stuyvesant grads who got sick after 9/11 urging others near World Trade Center to get checked

BATTERY PARK CITY, Manhattan (WABC) -- Two health care forums are being held at Stuyvesant High School and are open to anyone who lived, worked or went to school around the World Trade Center on 9/11 ... Read More

9/11 Health Program Cuts Could Hit Over 140K Americans—’Going to Get Worse’

Advocates are sounding the alarm for Congress to act expeditiously in response to funding cuts that can have long-term negative implications on more than 140,000 survivors and first responders who ... Read More