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Elon Musk cuts to 9/11 health fund spark bipartisan outrage

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About 20 per cent of the staff at the federal program that provides care to 9/11 first responders have already been fired.

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DOGE Cuts 9-11 Health Funds

(Washington DC) – Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is making major cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program. The program provides medical treatment for the 132-thousand first responders and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Despite Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledging to help 9/11 survivors, DOGE has laid off 20-percent of the WTC Health Program staff. New York Attorney General Letitia Jam…

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CDC restores 9/11-related cancer research funding after DOGE's cancellation, officials say

The CDC has restored a $257,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research after the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, tried to cancel it, officials say.

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