Smoking status added to the National Cancer Database for patients diagnosed with cancer in 2023 revealed variations in ...

Evan Smith, a longtime advocate for Eastern Kentucky, writes a brief on the long, drawn-out case of coal miner David Howard.

The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily reinstated dozens of fired federal workers who help screen coal miners for black lung, a deadly and incurable disease caused by inhaling toxic coal ...

Breast cancer incidence rates in women aged 20 to 49 years have been increasing ... for each of the racial/ethnic groups, non-Hispanic Black women had the highest incidence-based mortality in ...

Brown, MD, and Victoria Francois, MPH, discuss strategies to address the gap in sleep inequalities affecting Black women.

“I got a wife and two kids and two grandbabies, you know, and I want to live.” Black lung, the debilitating respiratory illness common in coal miners, has made a staggering resurgence in the ...

In Morgantown, NIOSH conducts research on coal-related health issues, such as respiratory diseases like Black ... Age. Eliminating the facility has disrupted key programs like black lung testing ...

New data finds women 8% more likely to experience major complications after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) ...

The ability to negotiate effectively remains one of the most powerful yet underutilized skills in professional advancement, particularly for young Black women navigating career landscapes where ...