NPR Points to Government Failures in Preventing Black Lung
Today National Public Radio (NPR) is running a powerful story by Howard Berkes, one of their investigative reporters who has been central to documenting the resurgence…
NPR Story Highlights Four Important Studies About Resurgence of Black Lung Disease
Yesterday, NPR published another article in its series on the recent resurgence of black lung among American coal miners. The piece by Howard Berkes (with help…
JAMA Publishes Finding of 416 Coal Miners with Severe Black Lung; NPR Provides Coverage and Context
A significant finding in black lung research was published today in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. The letter (which is embedded below) was…
NPR Revisits Black Lung Resurgence with Coverage of NIOSH Panel—NPR’s Count of Miners with Severe Black Lung Now at 2,000
Yesterday National Public Radio ran a piece by Howard Berkes following up on his important reporting from earlier this year about the alarming resurgence of severe…