9/11 News Items (3/16/26)
Arnold Korotkin
Below are summaries with URLs to news articles that appeared recently about 9/11 Health and Compensation Issues. An archive of past articles year by year can by found on the 911 Health Watch website
Gutted 9/11 World Trade Center Health program now reassigning workers to ICE: advocates
NY Daily News | March 14, 2026
Staffers at the federal World Trade Center Health Program — which has already seen more than a 25% drop in personnel — have been reassigned to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Indian Health Service, advocates for the 9/11 community said.
Healthbeat New York | March 14, 2026
A federal agency seeking to treat emergency responders who fell ill after 9/11 is contending with staffing shortages and delays that could have “devastating medical consequences” as the United States approaches the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.
Official Calls for Improvements to 9/11 Health Program
Long Island Life & Politics | March 14, 2026
A local Congressman is calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make improvements to the health program for those who responded to the September 11, 2001 attacks and is asking to fix the problems which are preventing them from getting the care they need.
GOP reps want Kennedy to address WTC Health Program staffing shortfall
Newsday | March 14, 2026
A number of Sept. 11, 2001, first responders and survivors denied entry into the health program have been waiting more than a year for their appeals to be processed.
LaLota Leads Effort to Address Concerns About World Trade Center Health Program Operations
Rep. Nick LaLota | March 14, 2026
Rep. Nick LaLota released a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to request a briefing on steps being taken to strengthen the WTC Health Program and address operational issues that may be delaying care for 9/11 responders and survivors.
PLoS One | March 14, 2026
WTC exposures are associated with small airway dysfunction, especially in Workers.
FDNY veteran Gerard “Jerry” Lennon dies from 9/11-related illness, honored in Riverdale service
Riverdale Press | March 14, 2026
Lennon is among a rising number of first responders who have died from illnesses linked to rescue work after the terrorist attacks.
General Dynamics Cleared to Perform $325 Million CDC Contract
Bloomberg Law | March 14, 2026
General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. can keep performing a $325 million health support contract for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the GAO said in a decision released Thursday.
WTC Health Program Site Hacked
The Broadsheet | March 14, 2026
A notorious ransomware gang has hacked into the confidential database of the World Trade Center Health Program through one of the private-sector contractors paid to administer claims for the plan, stealing information about thousands of benefit recipients.
NYC MUST RELEASE ALL 9/11 FILES REMAINING AND REVEAL THE TRUTH TO SURVIVORS
amNY | February 19, 2026
Why is it that we still do not yet know the full scope of the environmental disaster sparked by the 9/11 attacks? Because the city hid crucial documents on Lower Manhattan’s air quality for the better part of a quarter-century.
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund | February 19, 2026
This 2025 Annual Report summarizes the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund’s (VCF or Fund) activities and accomplishments throughout its 14th year.
GARBARINO’S LONG EFFORTS PAY OFF ON 9/11 HEALTH FUNDING
Newsday | February 19, 2026
When Rep. Andrew Garbarino campaigned to succeed former Rep. Pete King, King asked Garbarino to make a promise: Secure the future of the World Trade Center Health Program.
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