Category Archives: Health Issues

Interim September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) Special Master August E. Flentje appointed following departure of Rupa Bhattacharyya

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya resigned on April 29, 2022. Now August E. Flentje, a career civil service attorney with the Department of Justice’s Civil […]

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Ground Zero survivors battle New York-Presbyterian Hospital which won’t accept 9/11 Health Program

New York-Presbyterian Hospital is causing problems for those sick from their exposure to World Trade Center toxins by refusing to accept  World Trade Center Health Program health insurance. Those already […]

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WTC first responders have higher frequency of gene mutations linked to cancer

Recovery workers who searched the wreckage of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 have higher levels of a genetic mutation linked with blood cancers than firefighters […]

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