9/11 News Items (8/25/26)
Arnold Korotkin
An informed citizen is an empowered citizen.
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
August 19, 2026 — USA Today — Dr. Michael Crane, medical director of the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence at Mount Sinai
Crane says that one of the biggest challenges in treating 9/11 first responders is that 25 years after the attacks, illnesses including asbestos related diseases and possibly dementia are just now being diagnosed.
August 16, 2026 — WDHA 105.5 — Dr. Leigh Wilson On Lingering Chronic Health Effects of 9/11
Jim Monaghan’s guest on Jersey Magazine is Dr. Leigh Wilson, Medical Director, NYC Health + Hospitals WTC Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence (CCE).
August 17, 2026 — Hoodline New York City — 9/11 Fuel Tanker Driver Who Kept Ground Zero Running Now Fights Cancer, Kidney Failure
Robert Ascolillo spent nine months driving a fuel tanker through Lower Manhattan after the September 11 attacks. Today he is in hospice care, battling kidney failure and a skin cancer diagnosis he believes trace directly back to those months breathing the air at Ground Zero.
August 15, 2026 — SILive — Staten Island councilman introduces 9/11 legislation ahead of 25th anniversary
Staten Island City Councilman Frank Morano introduced two bills Thursday aimed at ensuring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is marked by both remembrance and action.
August 13, 2026 — Rockland/Westchester Journal News — 9/11 link to heart disease rejected as responders cry foul
Heart diseases won’t be put on the list of covered health issues for 9/11 responders and survivors, the head of the World Trade Center Health Program recently ruled.
August 13, 2026 — 911 Health Watch — 911 Health Watch Statement on Denial of Petition to Add Cardiac Conditions to the List of Covered Conditions by the WTC Health Program
“While this decision is clearly disappointing to the many 9/11 responders and survivors that have cardiac conditions that believe their conditions are connected to their 9/11 experience, we need to remember that 15 years ago the initial decision was to deny adding cancer as a condition, which was subsequently added.”
August 12, 2026 — International Association of Fire Fighters — 58th Convention honors 9/11 fallen, those lost in the years since
At the 58th Convention, the IAFF honored those killed on Sept. 11, 2001, and the hundreds of fire fighters and emergency medical workers who have died from 9/11-related illnesses in the 25 years since.
August 12, 2026 — City & State New York — Talks underway to settle 9/11 World Trade Center air quality records fight
Both sides in the long-running legal dispute over the public release of thousands of 9/11 World Trade Center documents generated by New York City confirm they are in settlement talks with just a month to go before the 25th anniversary of the attacks.
August 11, 2026 — National Fire Protection Association — Getting Out
How the work of two pioneering researchers has reshaped our understanding of human behavior in fire and made building evacuation safer.
August 11, 2026 — National Fire Protection Association — Responding to the Responders
A quarter century after its founding, the WTC Health Program monitors and treats firefighters and others who were exposed to hazards on 9/11 and at Ground Zero.
August 11, 2026 — FireRescue1 — How the WTC Health Program continues to support 9/11 responders
Rear Admiral Lisa Delaney discusses eligibility, covered conditions and why some responders are only now seeking care.
August 11, 2026 — World Trade Center Health Program — Why more responders and survivors are enrolling each year
Today, more than 100,000 members rely on the Program for support with certified 9/11‑related health conditions, cancer, airway and aerodigestive disorders, and mental health conditions.
August 10, 2026 — FireRescue1 — Protecting the promise made to 9/11 victims
The history of the Zadroga Act — named in honor of NYPD Officer James Zadroga — spotlights the hard-won battle to secure care and reaffirms why the program must have the resources to fulfill its mission.
August 5, 2026 — Public Health Reports — Respiratory Conditions and Health Care Use Among World Trade Center Health Program Members, 2011 to 2024
Comorbidity prevalence and health care costs increased among this population of responders and survivors with RD certifications.
August 1, 2026 — Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health — World Trade Center related acute traumatic injuries and musculoskeletal disorders: Clinical best practices
Although acute traumatic injuries (ATIs) and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) were relatively common among those exposed to the September 11, 2001 (9/11), attacks, relatively few persons have received treatment from the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program for these conditions
August 19, 2026 — USA Today — Dr. Michael Crane, medical director of the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence at Mount Sinai
Crane says that one of the biggest challenges in treating 9/11 first responders is that 25 years after the attacks, illnesses including asbestos related diseases and possibly dementia are just now being diagnosed.
August 16, 2026 — WDHA 105.5 — Dr. Leigh Wilson On Lingering Chronic Health Effects of 9/11
Jim Monaghan’s guest on Jersey Magazine is Dr. Leigh Wilson, Medical Director, NYC Health + Hospitals WTC Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence (CCE).
August 17, 2026 — Hoodline New York City — 9/11 Fuel Tanker Driver Who Kept Ground Zero Running Now Fights Cancer, Kidney Failure
Robert Ascolillo spent nine months driving a fuel tanker through Lower Manhattan after the September 11 attacks. Today he is in hospice care, battling kidney failure and a skin cancer diagnosis he believes trace directly back to those months breathing the air at Ground Zero.
August 15, 2026 — SILive — Staten Island councilman introduces 9/11 legislation ahead of 25th anniversary
Staten Island City Councilman Frank Morano introduced two bills Thursday aimed at ensuring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is marked by both remembrance and action.
August 13, 2026 — Rockland/Westchester Journal News — 9/11 link to heart disease rejected as responders cry foul
Heart diseases won’t be put on the list of covered health issues for 9/11 responders and survivors, the head of the World Trade Center Health Program recently ruled.
August 13, 2026 — 911 Health Watch — 911 Health Watch Statement on Denial of Petition to Add Cardiac Conditions to the List of Covered Conditions by the WTC Health Program
“While this decision is clearly disappointing to the many 9/11 responders and survivors that have cardiac conditions that believe their conditions are connected to their 9/11 experience, we need to remember that 15 years ago the initial decision was to deny adding cancer as a condition, which was subsequently added.”
August 12, 2026 — International Association of Fire Fighters — 58th Convention honors 9/11 fallen, those lost in the years since
At the 58th Convention, the IAFF honored those killed on Sept. 11, 2001, and the hundreds of fire fighters and emergency medical workers who have died from 9/11-related illnesses in the 25 years since.
August 12, 2026 — City & State New York — Talks underway to settle 9/11 World Trade Center air quality records fight
Both sides in the long-running legal dispute over the public release of thousands of 9/11 World Trade Center documents generated by New York City confirm they are in settlement talks with just a month to go before the 25th anniversary of the attacks.
August 11, 2026 — National Fire Protection Association — Getting Out
How the work of two pioneering researchers has reshaped our understanding of human behavior in fire and made building evacuation safer.
August 11, 2026 — National Fire Protection Association — Responding to the Responders
A quarter century after its founding, the WTC Health Program monitors and treats firefighters and others who were exposed to hazards on 9/11 and at Ground Zero.
August 11, 2026 — FireRescue1 — How the WTC Health Program continues to support 9/11 responders
Rear Admiral Lisa Delaney discusses eligibility, covered conditions and why some responders are only now seeking care.
August 11, 2026 — World Trade Center Health Program — Why more responders and survivors are enrolling each year
Today, more than 100,000 members rely on the Program for support with certified 9/11‑related health conditions, cancer, airway and aerodigestive disorders, and mental health conditions.
August 10, 2026 — FireRescue1 — Protecting the promise made to 9/11 victims
The history of the Zadroga Act — named in honor of NYPD Officer James Zadroga — spotlights the hard-won battle to secure care and reaffirms why the program must have the resources to fulfill its mission.
August 5, 2026 — Public Health Reports — Respiratory Conditions and Health Care Use Among World Trade Center Health Program Members, 2011 to 2024
Comorbidity prevalence and health care costs increased among this population of responders and survivors with RD certifications.
August 1, 2026 — Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health — World Trade Center related acute traumatic injuries and musculoskeletal disorders: Clinical best practices
Although acute traumatic injuries (ATIs) and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) were relatively common among those exposed to the September 11, 2001 (9/11), attacks, relatively few persons have received treatment from the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program for these conditions
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