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Sen. Kaine introduces new bill aimed to help coal miners access Black Lung benefits
18 Dec 2025 21:06 GMT
… D-Va., introduced the “Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act” to … Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis, known as Black Lung Disease, develops in … establish a claim for Black Lung benefits more straightforward … file claims
Expand existing black lung clinics and services, …
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MAGA Continues to Fracture as GOP Voters Turn on Trump
23 Dec 2025 16:12 GMT
… handouts while the miners get black lung. This irreversible disease has seen … Riffe, whose husband died of black lung.
As a result, this once …
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2025 in photos from the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom
20 Dec 2025 17:17 GMT
… Hairston, President of the National Black Lung Association, holds a "Coal … safety rule long-sought by black lung associations. Days before it could …
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Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It
20 Dec 2025 16:46 GMT
… there was lacking data from Black lung cancer cells to draw from …
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Pushing Democrats to move beyond resistance
20 Dec 2025 14:03 GMT
… recently for failing to enforce black lung protections even as more (and …
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Even With Trump’s Support, Coal Power Remains Expensive and Dangerous
19 Dec 2025 09:40 GMT
… miners developed a disease called black lung. The federal government pays for …
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Ask Howard • 12-19-25
19 Dec 2025 07:27 GMT
… dropped from the sky with black lung, having over-inhaled too much …
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Sen. Warner presses administration for boat strike video access
19 Dec 2025 01:23 GMT
… , new bills supporting miners with black lung disease, and Virginia’s newly …
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Young worker with silicosis offered compensation – on the day he died
21 Dec 2025 17:26 GMT
… under a Government scheme the Pneumoconiosis Workers’ Compensation Act (PWCA) after …
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Meet the photographer teaching the French to love Brits
19 Dec 2025 11:43 GMT
… -uncle, a miner, died of pneumoconiosis at the age of 17 …
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