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.

The benefit payments miners sick with black lung disease receive are not keeping pace with the cost of living, a new analysis showed. Current monthly benefits for a miner and one dependent in 2024 ...

I suffered extensive fatigue that I had attributed to a COVID-19 infection. Then a lung culture found something called ...

Though black phlegm is not always a cause for concern, it could be a sign of lung cancer or exposure to a pollutant. Figuring out the cause will help the doctor recommend the best course of treatment.

Harms of race-specific lung function calculations extend to asthma and treatment, particularly in Black children.

David Mannino, MD, a pulmonologist in Lexington, KY, and the medical director and co-founder of the COPD Foundation, agrees that too many people with lung disease remain in the dark after diagnosis.

and helped gauge the federal government's role behind black lung disease's resurgence. The projects she was a part of have won awards including Edward Murrow Award, The National Academies of ...

Staff reportThe Chronicle-News The University of New Mexico is increasing healthcare access for miners battling black lung disease by partnering with rural clinics like Miners’… Login to continue read ...

In just a matter of weeks, Pope Francis has faced several new challenges in his long-running battle with chronic lung disease. The spiritual leader’s condition has been critical, with news of ...

ATLANTA — Lung cancer remains one of the deadliest diseases in the United States, and Black Americans are disproportionately affected. Black Americans are 16% more likely to die from lung cancer ...