Finally, a silver lining for women 9/11 cancer victims. The World Trade Center Health (WTC) Program has issued the final rule adding all types of uterine cancer, including endometrial cancer, to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions (List) effective January 18, 2023.  
Now, as of 1/18/2023, women diagnosed with all types of uterine and endometrial cancer,…

Due to the large number of potential future 9/11 victims, and exponential medical cost growth primarily to cancer treatment, there was a proposed additional $3.6 billion budget for the WTC Health Program in the recent federal Omnibus Bill to cover the projected WTC Health Program gap in funding by 2024. To our dismay, this $3.6…

MYTH: The 9/11 VCF is only for first responders.
FACT: Anyone in Downtown NYC (south of Canal Street) between 9/11 and May 30, 2002 – including area workers, residents, teachers, students, volunteers, construction workers, rescue workers, and first responders – is eligible to apply to the VCF for compensation and the WTC Health Program for…

The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) recently provided new written guidance to help Goldman Sachs employees prove that they were in the “NYC 9/11 Exposure Zone” on 9/11 or anytime in the eight months after. Past and current employees of Goldman Sachs in New York, NY are being diagnosed with one or more of the…

A recent study published in the medical journal JAMA Oncology reveals that death rates for uterine cancer are on the rise, particularly among Black women. The study comes just as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proposed adding uterine cancer to the list of illnesses linked to toxic exposure at Ground Zero.…

​In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the health impact on the first responders and the hundreds of thousands of downtown area workers, residents and others was both immediate and far-reaching, often not felt until many years later. This post explains some lingering and newly diagnosed health effects of 9/11, such as many types of…

 Respiratory and Digestive Issues
The “World Trade Center cough” was one of the first signs of exposure incurred at Ground Zero and the surrounding area. Doctors initially recognized the cough within the first six months after the attacks among members of FDNY and other responders who worked on rescue and recovery efforts at the debris…