There has been a resurgence of black lung disease, also known as Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP), in recent years among miners in the central Appalachian coalfields. Long considered an affliction ...

OAK HILL, W.Va. — Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that ...

Senators have reintroduced the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act to reduce barriers that keep miners and their survivors ...

In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room. He joked about arm-wrestling them and announced he was signing executive ...

Va., introduced the “Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act” to help make medical benefits more accessible to miners.

The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily reinstated dozens of fired federal workers who help screen coal miners for black lung, a deadly and incurable disease caused by inhaling toxic coal dust ...

As black lung rates rise among workers — including those in their 30s and 40s — forced to dig through more rock filled with deadly silica to reach the remaining thin coal seams, some sick retired coal ...

Democrats from coal-heavy states on Tuesday reintroduced legislation that would make it easier for coal miners who have black ...

MATEWAN, WV — Coal. It's been powering homes for hundreds of years. While many want to reduce the use of fossil fuels, coal use is actually up around 22% nationwide, the first increase in seven years.

The untold story of big money, black lung and doctors for the coal companies. Oct. 29, 2013 — -- For an increasing number of America's coal miners, the sunset on a career spent underground is ...

This story was originally published by AP News. Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it ...

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