In Central Appalachia, an estimated one in five tenured coal miners has black lung disease. The condition reduces life expectancy by an average of 12 years and makes it a “struggle to get ...

Without programs provided by NIOSH, people in the mining industry and researchers are scrambling to find what else can be ...

Hundreds of employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were laid off this week, including ...

The Associated Press is reporting thousands of employees within the U.S. Health and Human Services Department received layoff ...

A recent Herald-Leader article stated that 20 percent of Central Appalachian coal miners with more than 25 years of experience were found to have black-lung disease. It would be interesting to ...

Rates of black lung disease have increased over recent decades — and in Kentucky and other parts of central Appalachia, one in five coal miners suffer from it, according to recent research.

Reported closures and firings at federal offices are creating concerns about the safety and health of coal miners.  On ...

Staff reportThe Chronicle-News The University of New Mexico is increasing healthcare access for miners battling black lung ...

Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are ...