Bloomberg Names WTC Medical Working Group

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg created the World Trade Center Medical Working Group and appointed a World Trade Center health coordinator based upon recommendations from a February 2007 city report on health risks from exposure to the dust generated by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Bloomberg assigned the group of city officials, physicians, psychiatrists and forensic experts to work with outside experts to analyze clinical and research findings. He named Jeffrey Hon, former communications director of the Sept. 11 Recovery Program, as the new health coordinator. Hon will work with the ci...