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A solitary firefighter stands amid the rubble and smoke in New York City. In 2002, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, both the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the American Red Cross provided grants to launch the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program (MMTP) in response to individuals developing health issues related to the disaster.
The Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health are also a designated "Clinical Center of Excellence" under the World Trade Center Health Program.This program was established by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (Zadroga Act) and is administered by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) within the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
World Trade Center monument at Zadroga Field, North Arlington, New Jersey. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (H.R. 847; Pub. L. 111–347 (text)) is a U.S. law to provide health monitoring and aid to the first responders, volunteers, and survivors of the September 11 attacks.
What is the World Trade Center Health Program? The WTC Health Program was established by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. In 2015, the Program was reauthorized until 2090.
Turkel, who was appointed in March as special master of the federal Sept. 11th Victim Compensation Fund, was joined by members of the World Trade Center Health Program on Wednesday afternoon ...
NEW YORK — Lawyers for people suffering cancer and other diseases blamed on the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania crash site are on notice: Get ...
The World Trade Center Health Registry was established in 2002 by ATSDR and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to track the long-term physical and mental health effects of the September 11 attacks. The registry contains more than 71,000 people who lived, worked, or went to school near the World Trade Center site, as well ...
In 2018, the World Trade Center Health Program, part of the CDC, launched an inventory of more than 350 “9/11 agents”—chemical, physical, biological, and other hazards to which responders ...