As a respiratory physician, I am very concerned about the health risks facing tunnel workers who may be inhaling deadly ...

A mine just reopened in eastern Utah, but the industry has changed. In Emery County, for example, Wolverine’s Fossil Rock ...

COPD in miners is now compensated as an occupational disease. However, some scientists have expressed doubts as to whether coal mine dust can cause clinically important loss of lung function in the ...

In Pakistan's suffocating coal mines, an innovative initiative is tackling the deadly tuberculosis by taking lifesaving care ...

Dr. Tarun Sahni, a General Physician and Internal Medicine Specialist at Apollo Hospital, spoke to ANI about the increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in winter. He explained that the cold ...

U.S. coal plant use is dropping, but utilities are delaying their retirement and running them — even when they cost more than ...

A new final rule issued by the federal Department of Labor this month will require coal operators who self-insure to post adequate security bonds that cover all of their black ...

The rule comes as a protection for coal miners who currently or could in ... exposed them to dangerous silica dust that causes black lung disease.

Betty Benulis, RN, will celebrate a half-century of employment at St. Luke’s Miners Campus, a milestone that no other ...

According to scientists who study diseases, the possibility of a fungal pandemic—the subject of science fiction TV shows like “The Last of Us,” could be more of a reality, thanks to climate change and ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors ...