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The bipartisan “9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act” has been added to the Build Back Better infrastructure proposal now under consideration in Congress. The $2.86 billion bill would fund the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program, providing free, comprehensive health care and economic security for 9/11 first responders and survivors and their families. […]

November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Anyone who worked, lived, or studied in Lower Manhattan on or after 9/11 has a higher risk of many serious respiratory illnesses and 68 forms of cancer, including stomach cancer. Barasch & McGarry represents more than 100 9/11 community members who have been diagnosed with stomach cancer. A report […]

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. If you were a first responder at Ground Zero or working, living, or studying in Lower Manhattan on or after 9/11, you have a higher risk of developing respiratory illnesses and 68 different types of cancer presumed linked to Ground Zero toxins, including pancreatic cancer. Barasch & McGarry represents […]

We have known for many years that anyone exposed to Ground Zero toxins after 9/11 has a much higher risk of developing 68 different types of cancer and a host of  respiratory diseases. But there are other illnesses for which the 500,000 9/11 first responders and survivors have a higher risk, such as uterine cancer, […]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  We are hosting a webinar on October 25 at 5:00 p.m. EST with Dr. Paul Baron, Chief Breast Surgeon of Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Register here: www.911victims.com/breast Studies show that both women and men who were first responders or who were working, living, or studying […]

9/11 first responders and survivors who develop uterine cancer as a result of their exposure to Ground Zero toxins could become eligible for free health care and compensation from the World Trade Center Health Program and the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF). The health program’s Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee recently voted to study whether Ground Zero […]