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 ...

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.

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 ...

The legacy of coal is not beautiful nor clean. Coal destroys lives. It's time to move on from an industry that exploits ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Safety official firings cause concerns for miners Reported firings at federal offices are creating concerns ...

When miners in the Appalachian Mountains started losing coal jobs, their career options were limited. Local businessmen Lynn and Rusty believed that “a coal miner is just a tech worker who gets ...

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 ...

Libby Lindsay spent 21 years working underground as a miner ... nonprofit Appalachian Voices. The organization has worked with union members and advocates for those with black lung disease to ...