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

A groundbreaking 2021 autopsy study by the National Institute for Occupational Health reveals concerning patterns of lung ...

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.

The incidence rates of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and silicosis among gold miners remain high, but recent years have ...

DOGE terminated leases for more mine safety offices in Kentucky than any other state, a move advocates say comes at the expense of miners' health.

The findings from the study titled "Surveillance of Occupational Lung Diseases at Autopsy in South African Miners, 2021" suggest that this drop may be attributed to improved silica dust control ...

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 ...

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.