Black lung disease, or coal workers' pneumoconiosis, causes inflammation and scarring of the lungs. Rates of black lung disease have increased over recent decades — and in Kentucky and other ...

For example, biomedical scientists and clinicians trained by NIH grants are addressing locally relevant issues such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung disease ...

Coal miners are at risk of developing pneumoconiosis (black lung disease), affecting them many years later after even limited exposure. The same is true for other miners and workers encountering ...

Among the candidates listed for lung transplant, those with an indication of CF decreased from 13.3% in the pre–highly ...

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

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.

Changes in nail colour, shape, or texture may indicate underlying health issues or nutrient deficiencies. Nail changes can be ...

For a quarter of a century, a Black neighborhood in Beaumont, Texas, where Chris Jones lives has been the subject of two ...

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