Carbon County has a long history in coal mining. For hundreds of years, the region, which is known as the Coal Region, has been a large source of anthracite coal to heat homes, power operations and ...

The increased drilling generates deadly silica dust and has caused severe forms of pneumoconiosis, better known as black lung disease, even among younger miners, some in their 30s and 40s.

Last month, the Trump administration nominated mining industry association executive Wayne Palmer to head MSHA.

The HEART5 Mobile Health Unit — a B-double truck packed with equipment to test mine dust lung diseases like silicosis, black ...

A TOTAL of 34 suspected artisanal miners succumbed to silicosis, a fatal lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of ...

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.

All types of lung cancer develop more often in people who mine uranium, but small-cell lung cancer is most common. The prevalence goes up even more in uranium miners who smoke. Exposure to radon ...

The incidence of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and silicosis among gold miners remains high, but recent years have seen a slow decline in the rates of both diseases, according to a recent study.

A mobile health unit will be visiting Rockhampton Showgrounds from February 26 to February 28 in order to provide free lung health checks to former and current miners. The free lung check program ...