Ground Zero Health Program Hits a Setback in Washington
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An abrupt move by the federal government has clouded the future of a national treatment program for ground zero workers outside the metropolitan area.
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A Montgomery County hospital where a 29-year-old patient suffered extreme malnutrition before his death could face steep state fines within weeks and even the loss of federal Medicare funding this fall because of serious failings in care.
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New York City's health care system is not prepared for a major disaster such as a large-scale attack, hurricane or pandemic, health care and disaster planning experts said.
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_ The city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said most people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry reported one or more respiratory problems that started or became worse after the Sept.
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Six months after frustrated doctors publicized the problems stalling a key cancer detection program for District women, the program is at another crossroads because of a recruitment and enrollment freeze forced by the federal government.
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Construction of a children's hospital championed by first lady Laura Bush has been put on hold after it fell behind schedule and went over budget, one of dozens of halted or delayed U.S. health projects, Iraqi health officials said Friday.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 14--There is a slope. And it is slippery.   Especially, it seems, regarding issues of public health.   Lawmakers in North Dakota and Minnesota have spent lots of time on health  proposals -- bills that protect us from ourselves.
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The money needed to treat ailing ground zero workers could soar to $20 million a month by the end of this year, up from about $6 million a month now.
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The federal government's voluminous plans for dealing with pandemic flu do not adequately account for the overwhelming strain an outbreak would place on hospitals and public health systems trying to cope with millions of seriously ill Americans, some public health experts and local health officials...
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Thousands of sick ground zero workers need nearly $2 billion in long-term treatment for ongoing health woes, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as she offered legislation creating a long-term medical program.
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A police officerâs death became a symbol for ill ground zero workers, but parts of his story appear not to be accurate.
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The struggles of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta are emblematic of the crippling effect Americaâs health care crisis has had on public hospitals around the nation.
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Nearly half of the over 1,000 screened  rescue workers who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks  suffer from new or exacerbated respiratory, mental and other  health problems, according to a government report released on  Thursday.
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The first findings from a massive collection of health data at Ground Zero were made public yesterday, showing that residents and emergency workers have more psychological
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The health problems of low-income and uninsured residents in the Washington area require solutions that are often regional in nature, according to a report released yesterday calling for collaboration in care not confined by city or suburban boundaries.
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Angry residents gathered near ground zero to denounce the government's handling of Sept. 11-related health problems, saying they have been ignored for years.
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Prioritizing flu shots for those most in need is proving difficult as inventories of hospitals, nursing homes and individual physicians are surveyed in the Washington region.