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Black lung is a deadly and incurable ... seriously and will continue to raise well-being of coal miners across the country.” The White House and NIOSH did not immediately respond to requests ...

In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room ... from an aggressive form of black lung disease.

“For miners, when they get black lung benefits, they also get a black lung medical ... President Joe Biden arrived at the White House promising to “build back” America, and the legislation he's ...

Authors and coal miner’s daughters Marsha Sutherland Self and Rebecca Riner White, share with us the story behind their book ...

miners now must cut through more rock, MSHA said. Prolonged exposure to silica — the sometimes white, sometimes pink dust produced when cutting rock such as quartz — may cause black lung ...

A second White House official ... Rosenberger’s son declined to comment for this article. Several coal miners with black lung also declined to comment, saying they worried the administration ...

New regulations have been proposed to cut the current limit for silica dust exposure in an effort to slow the rise of black lung among coal miners. While many miners hailed the new proposal ...

The White House said in a statement Tuesday that "President ... Amburgey, of Letcher County, Kentucky, said there will be fewer benefits for the growing number of younger miners with black lung if the ...