News Articles on Effort to Ensure that the World Trade Center Health Program is Fully Funded

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Below are URLs to news stories on the effort to have the World Trade Center Health Program fully funded.

January 22, 2026 — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — Gillibrand, Schumer Announce Full Funding For World Trade Center Health Program In FY2026 Appropriations To Support 9/11 Heroes With Health Issues

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer announced they have secured inclusion of legislation to fully fund the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) as part of this year’s federal appropriations process.

January 21, 2026 — amNY — Congress’ budget plan fills gaps in 9/11 survivor health program funding

Following years of advocates’ calls for Congress to shore up funding to support a health program for 9/11 survivors, this year’s budget will include a new funding formula — resolving a deficit in federal dollars that would have cut services starting next year.

January 21, 2026 — Senator John Thune — Republicans Secure Key Health Care Wins Through Regular-Order Appropriations Process

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 supports President Trump’s goal to reduce health care costs for Americans, including reforms to PBMs, which will increase affordability and access by lowering drug costs for Americans at the pharmacy counter.

January 21, 2026 — NY Daily News — Heroes for the WTC heroes: Congress finally fully funds the 9/11 health program

Almost 25 years after the destruction of the World Trade Center by Al Qaeda terrorists and the devastating medical problems the resulting toxic plume inflicted on tens of thousands of people, Congress has finally decided to fully fund the health care for the heroes and victims of 9/11.

January 20, 2026 — CBS New York — Federal cuts are impacting programs under the Zadroga Act, 9/11 advocates group says

Advocates say federal staffing cuts and a hiring freeze are making it more difficult for first responders and survivors to get much needed care.

January 20, 2026 — Newsday — Bipartisan support boosts 9/11 health program funding prospects

The Homeland Security spending plan, one of four major budget bills making their way through Congress before a Jan. 30 deadline, would include an incremental bump in funding for the health program through 2040 to address any yearly funding shortfalls.

January 20, 2026 — CBS News New York — Federal cuts are impacting programs under the Zadroga Act, 9/11 advocates group says

Advocates say federal staffing cuts and a hiring freeze are making it more difficult for first responders and survivors to get much-needed care.

January 20, 2026 — Newsday — Give 9/11 first responders treatment, support they deserve

Nearly 25 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, researchers like those at Stony Brook Medicine are still doing critical work to understand the psychological and physical impacts on first responders and others who for months sifted through the World Trade Center rubble and breathed the toxic air.

January 19, 2026 — NY Daily News — 9/11 WTC Health Program workforce drops 25% under Sec. Kennedy as patient count rises: advocates

Survivor advocates are demanding U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lift the agency’s hiring freeze and fully staff the program before the personnel shortfall adversely affects first responders and survivors seeking help.

January 15, 2026 — Police1 — Va. officer dies from cancer caused by service at Pentagon on 9/11

Master Police Officer Don Gotthardt died on Oct. 16, 2025. He had served the Fairfax County Police Department for 25 years and had served in law enforcement for 34.

January 14, 2026 — Federal News Network — HHS reinstates all laid-off employees at workplace safety agency NIOSH

The Department of Health and Human Services is rescinding layoffs for employees who recently worked at a workplace safety agency within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

January 14, 2026 — New York Times — C.D.C. Brings Back Hundreds of Suspended Workplace Safety Employees

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. placed about 90 percent of the roughly 1,000 employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on administrative leave last April.

January 12, 2026 — Stony Brook University — Increased Levels of a Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s Found in Some With Long COVID

A study of 227 individuals who experienced neuro cognitive difficulties post COVID-19 infection displayed a significant increase in their blood plasma of a crucial protein called tau, which is found in nerves and especially in the brain.

January 11, 2026 — medRxiv — Urban Exposures, Frailty, and Mental Illness in World Trade Center Health Program Responders

General responders of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program (WTCHP), who were uniquely exposed to chemical toxicants and extreme psychological stress during the 2001 terrorist attack, now experience a wide range of unusually prevalent health outcomes for a mid-aged population.

January 11, 2026 — NY Daily News — DOI it right: Mamdani should keep DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber

New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber, who has done a stellar job these past four years, must rescind her resignation (which is effective this coming Friday) and Mayor Mamdani must agree to keep her on.

January 7, 2026 — CBS New York — A 9/11 first responder is still changing lives 20 years after his death

This week marks 20 years since the passing of NYPD Det. James Zadroga.

January 5, 2026 — SecurityAffairs — Sedgwick discloses data breach after TridentLocker ransomware attack

Sedgwick confirmed a cyber incident at its federal contractor unit after TridentLocker claimed to steal 3.4GB of data.

January 4, 2026 — BBC Science Focus — Why the death toll from 9/11 is still rising

In the 24 years since the attacks, tens of thousands of people have developed health conditions related to 9/11, particularly those who spent time in Lower Manhattan in the hours, days and weeks following the Twin Towers attack.

January 2, 2026 — Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Act — 15th Anniversary of Signing of Zadroga Act Into Law. Congress Needs to Act Again to Fully Fund the World Trade Center Health Program

For too long the Federal government did not “Remember 9/11.” It had failed for years to respond to the increasing numbers who were sick and getting sicker who needed help.