The following story is part two of a two-part series examining the devastating impact of black lung disease on the lives of southern West Virginia coal miners and the complications they face when ...

The following story is part one of a two-part series examining the devastating impact of black lung disease on the lives of southern West Virginia coal miners and the complications they face when ...

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Another miner has been added as a plaintiff in a class action suit pending against the federal Department of Health and Human ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The NIOSH Mobile Black Lung Screening program, stalled earlier this year by DOGE cuts, is back on the ...

Photo by Tara Wyatt. Danny Johnson of the Kegley area lives with the legacy of black lung disease after a 36-year coal mining career.

Donald Trump has championed the mining industry. But workers worry fewer regulations could endanger their safety.

A second plaintiff has joined a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s cuts to a program that screens coal miners for black lung.

In Connecticut, construction workers in the Local 478 union who complete addiction treatment are connected with a recovery coach who checks in daily, attends recovery meetings with them, and helps ...

A self-taught expert, he spent decades working in both nonprofits and the government to expose problems in the production of ...

Federal cuts and firings at NIOSH threaten key workplace mental health and suicide prevention programs, raising concerns that ...

About 60% of employees worldwide say their job is the chief factor affecting their mental health. Research suggests workplace ...