In Central Appalachia, an estimated one in five tenured coal miners has black lung disease. The condition reduces life expectancy by an average of 12 years and makes it a “struggle to get ...

The incidence of so-called “black lung disease” has been roaring back due to mechanized coal extraction technology.

A new final rule was issued by the federal Department of Labor earlier this month that will require coal operators who ...

By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service A new federal rule aims to close a loophole allowing coal companies to walk away from ...

The coal mines of the Tennessee Coal ... long-term exposure to poor air caused chronic lung diseases such as black lung. For convict laborers, conditions were even worse. Poor food rations ...

A centre to treat chronic lung conditions in a former coal-mining area has seen 8,500 patients ... It treats chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the term for a range of lung conditions ...

New study reveals surprising insights into macrophages' role in fibrosis, challenging previous beliefs and opening doors for ...

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

The steady thump of a pickaxe reverberates through the warren of tunnels as the shirtless man hacks at a wall of coal ... diseases that plagued British miners a century ago, including black lung ...