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…
Study on Progression of Severe Black Lung Shows Disease Not Being Detected Soon Enough Due to Infrequent X-rays of Coal Miners
Researchers are trying to better understand the resurgence of severe black lung among American coal miners. A study—”Radiographic Disease Progression in Contemporary US Coal Miners with…
NIOSH Article and NPR Story on Surging Rate of Complicated CWP
Two big pieces of news regarding black lung today. First, the Center for Disease Control has published an article “Resurgence of Progressive Massive Fibrosis in Coal…
Lung Transplants for Miners with Black Lung: New Research Shows More Transplants Being Done, Most Transplants Being Paid for by Public Dollars NOT by the Coal Industry
I have been slow to post about a recent piece of medical research about the increasing rates of lung transplants for miners with black lung. Initially,…
Environmental Health Perspectives publishes article: “A Scourge Returns: Black Lung in Appalachia”
The resurgence of black lung has made the cover of Environmental Health Perspectives, a widely-read journal published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.…
Important Medical Study Clearly Finds that Simple Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis is Associated with Reduced Lung Function
Medical researchers have proven a fact largely recognized by black lung benefits practitioners but previously underappreciated by the medical literature: “simple” coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) is…