Feds Cut 9/11 Responder Medical Program

U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) has asked Bush Administration officials to explain why a federal program to monitor the medical conditions of 9/11 rescue and cleanup workers was quietly terminated in 2003. The program, funded by a $3.7 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was meant to provide quick diagnosis and ongoing screening for thousands of federal workers who responded to the World Trade Center disaster. But Maloney said she learned only recently that the program saw only 600 people before disappearing two years ago. She said she presumes that some ...