Yesterday I attended the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC. Witnesses provided an update on the World Trade Center Health Program, and first-hand accounts of their treatment for medical conditions as a result of working in the rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site.
Dr. Iris Udasin presents her testimony to the Congressional Committee.On Thursday, June 11, 2015, the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee held a hearing on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act. The bill seeks to extend medical care benefits indefinitely and compensation under the Victim Compensation Fund through 2041 to rescue workers and survivors who became ill due to the attacks.The Subcommittee, chaired by Rep.
Voices of September 11th (VOICES) will be hosting its inaugural golf outing on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. The event will be held at the Country Club of Fairfield in Southport, CT, a Seth Raynor designed course, which has been named the 2nd best course in Connecticut by Golf Digest. The VOICES outing is chaired by New Canaan resident Peter Krieger. Mr. Krieger is joined by committee members Linus Cooke, Jerry Fadden, Frank Fetchet, Jack Loop, Jerry Miller, Whitney Williams, and Kurt Wolfgruber. Learn More.-
On June 1, 2015, VOICES launched a new research project in partnership with the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland and the Canadian Resource Center for Victims of Crime (CRCVC) in Ottawa, Ontario.
According to the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, about 60% of men and 50% of women will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime, and the numbers are even higher for members of the armed forces. Everyone deals with trauma differently, and not everyone who experiences a traumatic event will develop PTSD. However, up to 20% of individuals may. Not a week goes by without a report of another tragedy occurring in our country.