The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily reinstated dozens of fired federal workers who help screen coal miners for black ... which helps prevent firefighter deaths and injuries, according ...

including silicosis and coal worker’s pneumoconiosis, as well as premature deaths and lifelong disability.” But more colloquially, black lung can also refer to a constellation of other ...

In what health workers hope could be a sign that those voices are being heard, several dozen laid-off NIOSH staff including some working on the Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program got ...

In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room.

Shelley Moore Capito said in a statement Tuesday that “some NIOSH functions for coal miner and ... that protect workers in high-risk industries and help prevent illness, injury, and death ...

After 100 days, Trump's vow to boost coal ... S. workers -- the work that NIOSH does," said Dr. Noemi Hall, another NIOSH epidemiologist on administrative leave. "They can't just stop everything.

(WASHINGTON) — For John Robinson, a retired coal ... workers — the work that NIOSH does,” said Dr. Noemi Hall, another NIOSH epidemiologist on administrative leave. “They can’t just stop ...

Silicosis is typically caused by years of breathing in silica dust at work, and can worsen even after work exposures stop. In recent ... mandated NIOSH Coal Workers Health Surveillance Program ...