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Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that ...

Federal protections for coal miners with black lung disease are at risk as significant layoffs erode vital programs. Mass ...

Josh Cochran, a coal miner diagnosed with black lung disease at age 43, highlights the challenges faced by miners as government cuts stall critical health programs. While federal programs once ...

About the same time number 47 was promising to raise demand for coal and to send lots more miners back to work underground, HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was ...

Layoffs halt black lung protection programs for miners NIOSH and MSHA programs suspended amid Trump administration cuts Miners face increased risk as safety regulations enforcement weakens OAK ...

As Trump Eyes Coal Revival, His Job Cuts Hobble Black Lung Protections for Miners By Valerie Volcovici OAK HILL, West Virginia (Reuters) - Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West ...

That programme, which relocates coal miners diagnosed with black lung to safer jobs at the same pay – along with a handful of others intended to protect the nation's coal miners from the ...