Emergency responders to the World Trade Center collapse on Sept. 11, 2001, have a nearly tripled risk of lung cancer, a new study says. The toxic dust and fumes that lingered over Ground Zero likely ...

N E W  Y O R K, May 30 -- With the toll of a fire department bell signaling a fallen firefighter, and the solemn rendition of "Taps," work at Ground Zero formally ended today with a tribute to ...

The city's health department has announced plans for what could become the largest public-health investigation ever: a comprehensive survey to follow the health of those people most directly exposed ...

Emblazoned in blue tile on a wall within the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in Lower Manhattan are the words of the famous Roman poet Virgil: "No day shall erase you from the memory of time." As a city, we ...

When Joseph Angelini III, whose hero father and grandfather both died responding to the 9/11 terror attack, received the email welcoming him to the FDNY’s next ...

Only a week and a half after the F5 tornado flattened Joplin, Missouri, residents are picking up their hammers and beginning to rebuild their homes. The scale of the disaster and, more importantly, ...