The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners ...

Local union miners are advocating for an increase in black lung benefits, citing the need for updated support that has remained unchanged for several years. In ...

President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room. He joked about ...

At Pipestem Resort State Park, the annual Black Lung Conference kicked off Wednesday—bringing together those on the front lines of the fight against the disease ...

NIOSH still faces challenges in fully supporting screening efforts -- contracting for chest X-rays, promoting events, and ...

Lawyers said reduction in force notifications for the Respiratory Health Division of the National Institute of Occupational ...

U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger said Trump administration officials lack the authority to unilaterally cancel the ...

That same day, the Trump administration paused implementation of a rule that would help protect coal miners from an aggressive form of black lung disease. Enforcement of the new protections is ...

When the federal government tried to fire a team protecting coal miners from Wyoming to West Virginia from black lung disease ...

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 ...

Sunday saw the inaugural ‘Fly Away Home Festival’, an event that honors a local legend while giving back to the causes she ...