WASHINGTON — The World Trade Center Health Program lost about a tenth of its staff after the Trump administration Friday fired all probationary employees at the Department of Health and Human Services ...

Dr. David Prezant, chief medical officer for the New York City Fire Department, reported that three people were unable to get what should be standard approvals for cancer treatment. But on May 1, U.S.

Funding for the World Trade Center Health Program covering medical expenses for first responders and survivors suffering from 9/11-related illnesses is in jeopardy after it was stripped from the ...

NESCONSET, N.Y. -- There is a new milestone to mark this Sept. 11. The number of people who died after volunteering, working or living near ground zero has surpassed the number of people killed in the ...

Staffing cuts may prevent a 9/11 health care program from providing timely care. The 9/11 health program that monitors and treats thousands of people exposed to toxic dust during the 2001 terrorist ...

The World Trade Center Health Program, providing essential medical care to the heroes and the victims of 9/11, was spared a 20% Trump administration budget cut in February only when Republican members ...

NEW YORK ‒ Just before his confirmation as secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to help 9/11 responders and survivors, two U.S. senators from New York said Tuesday.