When it comes to black lung disease, here’s the good news: Most people don’t have to worry about it. It isn’t genetic and it isn’t contagious. But the millions of people who work (or used ...

So I just have to wear a mask and be careful where I'm breathing ... Chicago and one of the leading experts on black lung disease in the region, black lung isn’t simply one single condition.

You may hear other people call pneumoconiosis "black lung disease" or "popcorn lung ... In this treatment, you breathe in extra oxygen through a mask or prongs in your nose.

The masks also get hot ... on a landmark 2018 investigation exposing an epidemic of complicated black lung disease and the failure of federal regulators to prevent it. Justin Hicks is the data ...

But when his father got sick (and later died) from black lung, a disease caused by inhaling mineral ... respirators — not N95s but the kinds of masks that cover most of the face with rubber ...

One of the most well-known areas with a high concentration of black lung disease is Appalachia, which stretches from southern New York state to northern Mississippi and all of West Virginia ...

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 ...

The masks also get hot, he added ... with the PBS series Frontline on a landmark 2018 investigation exposing an epidemic of complicated black lung disease and the failure of federal regulators to ...

Black lung disease, medically known as Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis (CWP) is a serious occupational health concern worldwide yet it is not given the recognition it demands. CWP is caused by ...