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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Zadroga 9-11 Fund to Make Payments for Prostate Cancer

On May 2, 2013, the Administrator of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program received a petition (Petition 002) requesting the addition of prostate cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions (List) covered in the WTC Health Program. The Administrator has determined to publish a proposed rule adding malignant neoplasm of the prostate (prostate cancer) to the List in the WTC Health Program regulations.

Click here to read the Proposed Rule: A Proposed Rule by the Health and Human Services
Department on 07/02/2013

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