CDC Plans $50 Million Study of 9/11 Children and Fetuses
New York, US
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What Happened
Where Sources Agree
- arrows_inputCDC 9/11 Youth Health Study: Most accounts emphasize the CDC’s plan to invest up to $50 million in a new study tracking the health of individuals who were children or in utero during the 9/11 attacks, with the project slated for a July 1, 2027, start date, according to official agency announcements.
- arrows_inputYouth Research Cohort Eligibility: Most sources document that the CDC study will include individuals who were 21 or younger, or in utero, while residing below 14th Street in Manhattan or in Brooklyn on or after September 11, 2001, according to agency specifications.
Where Sources Disagree
- arrows_outputResearch Eligibility Discrepancies: Some reports state the CDC's upcoming youth health study covers anyone in Brooklyn on or after 9/11, while other reports specify the cohort is limited to those in Western Brooklyn between September 11, 2001, and July 31, 2002.
- arrows_outputEstimated Children Exposed: Reuters reports roughly twenty-five thousand children were living or attending school in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001; however, Dr. Matt Karwowski of the WTC Health Program estimates about forty thousand youngsters lived in the designated disaster area of Lower Manhattan and western Brooklyn.
Timeline
July 01, 2027 Upcoming
Study Kickoff Planned: A government website and agency spokesperson said the program is expected to kick off on July 1, 2027, with the CDC spending up to an estimated $50 million to set up and run the Youth Research Cohort and coordinating center.
September 10, 2026
CDC Seeks Researchers; $50M: In reporting around September 10, 2026, the CDC said it will seek applications to set up a World Trade Center Youth Research Coordinating Center and to identify and track a Youth Research Cohort, and an agency spokesperson said it expects to spend up to $50 million in total program funding.
December 01, 2022
Congress Directs Youth Study: In December 2022, Congress directed the World Trade Center Health Program Administrator to establish a research cohort to study the health and educational impacts on people who were children, teens, young adults, or in utero on Sept. 11, 2001. The move aimed to fill gaps in long-term monitoring of younger exposed populations.
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Timeline
July 01, 2027 Upcoming
Study Kickoff Planned: A government website and agency spokesperson said the program is expected to kick off on July 1, 2027, with the CDC spending up to an estimated $50 million to set up and run the Youth Research Cohort and coordinating center.
September 10, 2026
CDC Seeks Researchers; $50M: In reporting around September 10, 2026, the CDC said it will seek applications to set up a World Trade Center Youth Research Coordinating Center and to identify and track a Youth Research Cohort, and an agency spokesperson said it expects to spend up to $50 million in total program funding.
December 01, 2022
Congress Directs Youth Study: In December 2022, Congress directed the World Trade Center Health Program Administrator to establish a research cohort to study the health and educational impacts on people who were children, teens, young adults, or in utero on Sept. 11, 2001. The move aimed to fill gaps in long-term monitoring of younger exposed populations.
