Miners across Appalachia are dying of black lung. Now they're coming to terms with decades of dedication to a job that would drastically change their lives and that of their families.

Coal miners will press members of Congress to fully restore a coal excise tax that supports miners diagnosed with black lung. The tax was cut more than 50% at the end of last year.

In an extraordinary rebuke to a doctor at one of America’s top hospitals, the U.S. Department of Labor has informed about 1,100 coal miners that their claims for black lung benefits may have been ...

But if the rule is adopted, the agency predicts it would save only 63 coal miner lives and avoid 244 cases of black lung disease over 60 years. An investigation by Public Health Watch, NPR, Louisville ...

The disclosure led the U.S. Department of Labor to notify about 1,100 coal miners that their claims for black lung benefits may have been wrongly denied because of Wheeler’s findings.

Coal miners diagnosed with black lung are eligible for federal benefits from the Black Lung Trust Fund, which helps with medical care and expenses if they're no longer able to work.

Despite legislation meant to enact safety practices to prevent coal miners from getting black lung disease, workers are still being exposed to high levels of dust. Hari Sreenivasan talks to NPR ...

John Robinson, a retired coal miner with black lung, speaks during a public hearing hosted by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration about its draft rule to limit worker exposure to ...

Coal miners leaving an American mine at the end of a shift in April 1974. Photo by Jack Corn The central Appalachian coalfields are in the middle of an unprecedented epidemic of severe black lung ...

This story was originally published by KHN. Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry. Throughout the four decades her husband, Michael, worked in ...

Dr. Brandon Crum reviews X-rays of coal miners with severe black lung disease at his clinic in Pikeville, Ky. "As of now, we are almost at 700 cases of complicated black lung," said Dr. Brandon ...