US Report Sees Wide Health Effects of 9-11 Attacks
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Most of the health problems reported after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks have involved respiratory difficulties and mental distress, according
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Pilar Albarado spent five months after September 11, 2001, cleaning pulverized building material from apartment buildings and offices near the site of the World Trade Center. A chronic cough came two years later, and she is also battling asthma, memory loss and acid reflux.
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WASHINGTON -- Veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War exposed to pollution from oil well fires, exhausts, and other sources may face an increased risk of lung cancer, a government advisory group reported yesterday.
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A survey by The New York Times shows that those who lost a loved one in the 9/11 attacks differ from the public at large on some political and national issues.
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A stark assessment has found that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.
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The US commission report into the 11 September attacks is nominated for National Book Award.
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Victims of the Sept. 11 attacks received &#36;38.1 billion in compensation, with insurance companies picking up the largest portion of the tab, according to a study released Monday.
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Florida and North Carolina scored highest in a report &quot;Protecting the Public&#39;s Health in the Age of Bioterrorism,&quot; released by the Trust for America&#39;s Health.
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WASHINGTON - Victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have received $38.1 billion US in compensation so far from insurance companies, the US government and charities, according to a study released Monday by the Rand Institute for Civil Justice.
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Al Qaeda is the strongest it has been since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a new U.S. government analysis concludes, according to a senior government official who has seen it.
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US government advisers&#39; report finds tentative evidence that exposure to combustible products affected the health of vets, but they stop short of declaring a solid connection.
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WASHINGTON  - US authorities worry terrorists could target foodstuffs in an attempt to sicken or kill hundreds, maybe thousands of people.
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In a new report, Harvard researchers sound the alarm about the poor health of American kids. How asthma, obesity and other problems could plague them for the rest of their lives.
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The head of the largest program tracking the health of World Trade Center site workers said several have developed rare blood cell cancers, raising fears that cancer will become a "third wave" of illnesses among those exposed to toxic dust after Sept. 11.
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Air pollution clearly causes immediate damage to the heart, including heart attacks, but its short-term effects on asthma and other respiratory symptoms are harder to document, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Just days before the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States, European security forces in Germany and Denmark uncovered two terrorist cells that officials said Wednesday were planning massive attacks even more deadly than the bombings in Madrid and London.
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Air pollution clearly causes  immediate damage to the heart, including heart attacks, but its  short-term effects on asthma and other respiratory symptoms are  harder to document, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.