Newswise Feature Channel: 9/11 Anniversary

Rutgers World Trade Center Health Program Still Healing Wounds of 9/11

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:05:49 EST

On Sept. 11, 2024, Iris Udasin, the medical director of the World Trade Center Health Program, will receive the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Foundation's "Service Above Self" award on behalf of law enforcement officers nationwide, presented at the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, D.C.

September 11 Anniversary

George Washington University — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:00:30 EST

TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO AVAILABLE Live Event for April 21: Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer's proteins

Newswise — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:10:43 EST

Researcher will discuss the study which involved a sleeping aid known as suvorexant that is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for insomnia, hints at the potential of sleep medications to slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

New Study Seeks to Better Understand Prolonged Grief Disorder in 9/11 Survivors

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 07:05:07 EST

Survivors of sudden and violent deaths, such as those that occurred on 9/11, are at higher risk for prolonged grief disorder (PGD), a newly-defined clinical condition of persistent grief in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), defined by profound feelings of loss, significant emotional distress, and changes to a person's level of functioning. A new collaborative study, led by the Uniformed Services University, will start enrolling subjects this spring to better understand PGD and how grief is impacting quality of life within this population.

Rutgers-Led Effort Gets Uterine Cancer Covered by WTC Health Program

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 08:00:45 EST

Rutgers researchers and caregivers have helped secure medical coverage and financial compensation for women exposed to Ground Zero who develop uterine cancer.

Selfless Act to Honor the Selfless Life of an Army Veteran

Hackensack Meridian Health — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 13:15:09 EST

Veterans' Voices

California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 13:25:19 EST

The California State University joins the nation in celebrating Veterans Day on November 11, a day to honor those who have served in our country's armed forces.

UCLA's Operation Mend Healing the Wounds of War

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:05:05 EST

UCLA Health's Operation Mend will celebrate 15 years of serving post 9/11-era wounded warriors and their families by walking with patients, their family members, physicians, staff, and supporters in the 2022 New York City Veterans Day Parade. They will be joining an estimated 25,000 marchers who gather to honor veterans, raise awareness of those who serve them, and to salute members of our currently serving military.

Cancer Expert Shares Troubling Research on World Trade Center Exposure

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:00:00 EST

Mount Sinai Researchers Awarded $2.4 Million Grant From CDC to Support Aging 9/11 Rescue and Recovery Workers

Mount Sinai Health System — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:15:28 EST

As the first responders to the attacks of September 11, 2001, grow older, Mount Sinai's nationally lauded experts in aging have received a $2.4 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study how best to care for them into old age.

Untrained Disaster Responders Are More Prone to Suicide Years After World Trade Center Attack

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Mon, 02 May 2022 13:05:40 EST

Construction workers, clean-up staff and other untrained nontraditional emergency employees who assisted in recovery efforts at the World Trade Center in New York following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, are more than five times as likely than traditional first responders to have considered suicide, according to a Rutgers study. Published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, the study is believed to be the first to examine the prevalence and connection of thoughts of suicide in two occupational groups that participated in rescue, recovery and clean-up efforts following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Remembering the heroic boat rescue effort on 9/11

University of Delaware — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:20:29 EST

Expert on Islam and U.S. foreign policy can discuss 20th anniversary of 9/11

University of Delaware — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:05:19 EST

Hackensack University Medical Center Commemorates the 20th Anniversary of 9-11-01

Hackensack Meridian Health — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 08:50:40 EST

Hackensack University Medical Center holds commemoration to mark the 20th Anniversary of September 11, 2001

Engineering students still learning from collapse of World Trade Center

Arizona State University (ASU) — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 08:30:43 EST

We study the lessons we learned in terms of the design of structures. The forensic analyses from the World Trade Center are a window to the importance of evaluating all potential modes of failure.

Remembering 9/11: A Legacy of Homeland Security

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:15:17 EST

PNNL commemorates 9/11 and reflects on the 20 years of science and technology produced since to protect against threats and make America safer.

Author of "Understanding Terrorism" and "Understanding Homeland Security" discusses 9/11 anniversary, 20 years of the War on Terror, and future threats to the U.S.

California State University, Dominguez Hills — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 15:00:30 EST

WTC Survivor/Finance Professor Available to Recount 9-11 at Ground Zero

University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:30:59 EST

Decades After Toxic Exposure, 9/11 First Responders May Still Lower Their Risk of Lung Injury

NYU Langone Health — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:00:00 EST

Losing weight and treating excess levels of fat in the blood may help prevent lung disease in firefighters exposed to dangerous levels of fine particles from fire, smoke, and toxic chemicals on Sept. 11, 2001, a new study shows.

FSU experts available to comment on 20-year anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Florida State University — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:35:00 EST

By: Bill Wellock | Published: September 1, 2021 | 1:15 pm | SHARE: Twenty years ago, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks shocked the world. The attacks led to profound changes in American society, two decades of war in Afghanistan and ramifications that continue to be felt today.Florida State University's nationally regarded experts in emergency management, homeland security, grief, trauma and religion are available to speak to media about the lingering consequences of 9/11: Audrey Casserleigh, professor, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program and Senior Fellow at the Center for Disaster Risk Policy aheffron@fsu.