Category Archives: WTC Health Program
Michael Barasch Joins John Feal on Sonstein Sessions (Nov. 29, 2017): Updating the 9/11 Toxin Epidemic
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| The man who got health care coverage for life for ailing 9/11 first responders, John Feal, joins attorney Michael Barasch on Sonstein Sessions on November 29, 2017 updating the 9/11 toxin epidemic. |
Cancers of Former Students and Teachers Linked to 9/11 Toxic Dust
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| At least 12 former students who attended schools south of Canal Street on 9/11, or during the eight months that followed, have filed claims with the federal government for World Trade Center-related cancers. Dozens of others have been diagnosed with well-recognized 9/11 respiratory illnesses. Scores of teachers have fallen ill, and, tragically, many have died from their WTC illnesses. |
Barasch McGarry, the Only Law Firm Represented at Research to Care: WTC Health Program Community Engagement Event
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| On Saturday, October 21st, Michael Barasch and his associates, Lee London, Mariya Atansova, Jennifer Jimenez, Richard Alles, and Rebecca Forman, attended the World Trade Center Health Program’s first ever Research to Care Community Engagement event. Barasch McGarry was the only law firm in attendance. |
Research to Care Community Engagement Event on 9/11 Health on October 21, 2017
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| This Saturday, October 21 the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program is hosting its first ever Research to Care Community Engagement event! The program will be held from 8:30am – 4:00pm at the NYU Langone Medical Center, located at 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016. |
WTC Health Program Declines to Add Parkinson’s Disease to List of 9/11-Related Conditions
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| The two petitions from 9/11 survivors met the threshold test in that they “suggested a potential association between exposure to known 9/11 agents and Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism, including manganese-induced parkinsonism,” but ultimately were rejected for insufficient evidence of causation. |
You are invited to Voices of September 11 Events on 9/9 and 9/10 in NYC
To our friends and clients: Next Monday marks the 16th anniversary of the terror attacks on our country. We know that this is going to be a difficult week for so many of you. We want to be sure that you know that you are not alone, and that there is a community of advocates […]
Mount Sinai Gets Contract Renewal as WTC Health Program Center
This spring, Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan announced the renewal of its two contracts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to fund two 9/11-related centers: the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence (CCE) and the WTC General Responder Data Center […]
Study Confirms Intense WTC Dust Exposure Linked to Heart and Lung Disease
A recent study of 9/11 survivors, published in the online journal Injury Epidemiology, confirms that intense exposure to the toxic dust of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 — but not subsequently — was enough to cause significantly greater risk of heart and lung disease a decade or more later. The study was […]
BREAKING NEWS: VCF Requires Claimants to Enroll in the WTC Health Program
The Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) has changed its regulations for eligibility. While there are a few exceptions, it is now a requirement that all claimants have their WTC-linked illnesses certified through World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP). Getting certified by the WTCHP has always been the fastest way to have the VCF find your conditions […]
