Melius

Dr James Melius of the New York State Labourers' health fund calls for inclusion of cancer in the government-funded medical programme for firefighters.

World Trade Centre rescuers at higher risk of cancer, Lancet reveals 2011

Dr. James M. Melius, director of the New York State Laborers' Health Fund and one of the leading advocates for ground zero workers suffering health problems, said that even though the cancer research on firefighters was inconclusive, it showed enough possibility of a risk that U.S. officials should consider adding cancers to a list of conditions covered by a multi-billion dollar health aid bill passed by Congress last year.

WTC studies find no big jump in cancer, deaths 2011

"People are going to have a hard time understanding why their condition isn't covered, especially when you tell them about how uncertain you are," Melius said.

So Who Will Be Covered By The 911 Health Act? AP 2011

Mr. Melius argues that there's little point to waiting 40 years—by which time, presumably, many of the Ground Zero workers will have died—to decide whether they are entitled to compensation for their illnesses.

Study Points to WTC Cancer Link Devlin Barrett 2011

Dr. James M. Melius, director of the New York State Laborers' Health Fund and one of the leading advocates for ground zero workers suffering health problems, said that even though the cancer research on firefighters was inconclusive, it showed enough possibility of a risk that U.S. officials should consider adding cancers to a list of conditions covered by a multi-billion dollar health aid bill passed by Congress last year.

WTC studies find no big jump in cancer, deaths 2011

"People are going to have a hard time understanding why their condition isn't covered, especially when you tell them about how uncertain you are," Melius said.

So Who Will Be Covered By The 911 Health Act? AP 2011

"People are going to have a hard time understanding why their condition isn't covered, especially when you tell them about how uncertain you are," Melius said.

Zadroga Bill's Passage Raises Question: Who Will Be Covered? AP 2011

Dr. James Melius of the New York State Laborers' Health Fund, who reviewed the research, said the new information has limitations.

Study Points to WTC Cancer Link Devlin Barrett 2011

Melius sic errare, quam Zelotypiae curis, saith Erasmus, se conficere, better be a wittol and put it up, than to trouble himself to no purpose.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Melius est foedere, quam saltare, [3301] saith Austin: but what is that if they delight in it?

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007