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A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety’s Respiratory ...
Judge Irene Berger granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday afternoon that would temporarily reinstate employees at NIOSH, ...
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.
Even as President Trump vows to reinvigorate America's coal industry, critics say his administration has stripped away key ...
By Caity Coyne West Virginia Watch, via Kentucky Lantern A federal judge this week ordered the “full restoration” of services ...
HHS has reversed the firings of more than 100 employees with the federal institute that protects coal miners from black lung, ...
West Virginia coal miners ask federal judge to protect program that screens for black lung disease and helps uphold federal occupational health protections.
Jill RothenbergUniversity of New Mexico Steve Segura, a third-generation coal miner and native of Raton, N.M., remembers a conversation with his father after he graduated… Login to continue reading Lo ...
For decades it offered free screenings for black lung ... "He's looking at the coal-fired power plants, but he's also doing away with NIOSH that helps the safety of the coal miners," Tennant ...