WTC Rescue Workers' Health Suffering, Government Says
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Nearly half of the more than 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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Emergency workers who were seriously injured and the families of those killed in the World Trade Center attacks received an average of $4.
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A small clinic in Manhattan that handled the cases of thousands of sickened 9/11 recovery and cleanup workers is coming under scrutiny over its performance.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 31 -- The son of a Ground Zero rescue worker who died last week of  lung disease met with President Bush on Wednesday to urge expansion of health services for those still fighting illnesses.
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More than five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the government cannot show how the $5 billion given to public health departments has better prepared the country for a bioterrorism attack or flu pandemic.
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Three New York rescue workers injured in the September 11 attacks got the best treatment Cuba can offer in Michael Moore's film critique of U.S. health care, the Cuban doctors who attended them said this week.
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It was part of the job, but so many senior members perished and those who survived are suffering crippling illnesses
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The US agency that owns the World Trade Centre site and lost 84 employees in the September 11 attacks is suing Saudi Arabia. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement on Friday it was
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New York City officials are grappling with several proposals to achieve the goal of delivering medicine to thousands of people within 48 hours of a terrorist attack.
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The Iraqi Red Crescent and Red Cross say they are increasingly worried about civilians trapped in the city of Fallujah. The relief workers say no drinking water or electricity is available, food is running
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Most of the health problems reported  after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks have involved respiratory  difficulties and mental distress, according to a U.S.  government report published on Wednesday.
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Lawmakers said federal officials failed to protect ground zero workers as they clambered over the smoking pile of toxic debris and have not properly cared for them in the years since.
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In this nation beset by violence, disease and environmental devastation, weary relief workers struggled yesterday to gauge the magnitude of the latest disaster
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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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The agency that owned the World Trade Centre says it will file a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia for damages it suffered on September 11, 2001, noting 84 of its employees were killed in the air attacks that toppled the twin towers.
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Giving rescue workers training to administer drugs and insert a tube down the throat of someone with life-threatening breathing problems can save lives, Canadian researchers reported on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK: The agency that owned the World Trade Centre on Friday said it will file a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia for damages it suffered on Sept 11, 2001, noting 84 of its employees were killed in the air attacks that toppled the twin towers.