About two-thirds of the staff that provides free examinations for the deadly disease, which one study says affects 1 in 5 ...

The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.

In West Virginia, which employs the most miners of any state, the number of coal jobs fell from 11,561 ... at Tudor’s Biscuit World. In the 1950s, more than 130,000 West Virginians worked ...

When asked about the cuts to NIOSH, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey did ... as respiratory diseases and injuries associated with coal mining and firefighting. Foreman said she fears the ...

It was at about 350,000 in 1950 and has declined steadily ... About half of the nation’s 560 coal mines are located in West Virginia (165) and Kentucky (112). Despite having just 15 mines ...

The country's top mine safety expert was part of a panel that appeared Tuesday afternoon in a Senate hearing about the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners in the worst U.S ...

The U.S. coal industry has been in a steep decline for decades, and President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed ...