The Coal Workers Health Surveillance Program was among those whose workers received termination notices a year ago as part of ...

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is offering free, confidential black lung screenings to coal miners in southern West Virginia. The NIOSH mobile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exposure to mixed coal mine dust that contains silica — a carcinogen — can lead to the development of pneumoconiosis, commonly ...

Two West Virginia coal miners with black lung disease testified before a federal judge on Wednesday during a hearing on the Trump administration’s decision to effectively shutter a program that ...

In a rare occasion of good news for the nation’s coal miners, a decision this week in a lawsuit brought by one of their own will reverse at least some of the damage done when the Trump administration ...

Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that allowed him to buy a home with his wife Stephanie and hunt and fish in his spare ...

Roger James, a former coal miner and black lung patient, uses supplemental oxygen to breathe during a visit to the New River Health Association Black Lung Clinic Sept. 24 in Oak Hill, W.Va. Arvin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exposure to mixed coal mine dust that contains silica — a carcinogen — can lead to the development of pneumoconiosis, commonly ...