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Mindful Media/E+/Getty Images Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, can be detected using a low-dose computed tomography or CT scan. CNN — Nearly 5 million additional people are recommended to get screened for lung cancer under an updated guideline from the American Cancer Society, which expanded its recommendations to […]
First patient treated in the U.S. with Aliya PEF delivered via an endobronchial approach with robotic-assisted navigation REDWOOD CITY, Calif. , Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the treatment of the first patient in the AFFINITY clinical study. This prospective trial is intended to demonstrate the safety and technical success of the […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation will host two outreach events in Alabama on Sept. 20 and 21, 2023, for current and former coal miners and their survivors to file or re-file benefit claims for those disabled by black lung disease. The events in Tuscaloosa and […]
COAL: Federal regulators finally take a new wave of advanced black lung cases seriously with proposed rules to more tightly regulate coal miners’ exposure to silica dust, but the changes will come too late for many who have been dealing with the problem for decades. (Public Health Watch/Louisville Public . . .
Black Lung Resurgence Prompts New Mining Rules The Wall Street Journal Source link
BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — Laboring to breathe, West Virginia coal miner Terry Lilly told federal regulators Thursday he is appreciative the U.S. government is finally considering a proposal to limit the poisonous rock dust causing a severe resurgence of black lung. But Lilly said the rule — a half-century in the making — will mean […]
Published Aug. 5, 2023 3:42 p.m. ET Retired coal miner James Bounds, who has pneumoconiosis, more commonly known as “black lung,” poses for a photo at his home in Oak Hill, W.Va., Thursday, July, 13, 2023. Bounds said nothing can be done to reverse the debilitating illness he was diagnosed with at 37 in 1984. […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation will host a series of outreach events on available benefits for current and former coal miners and their survivors in Arizona and New Mexico from June 27 to 29, 2023. Held in the Four Corners region, the events will […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation will host a series of outreach events in Wyoming from June 13 to 15, 2023, for current and former coal miners and their survivors to file or re-file benefit claims for those disabled by black lung. The events are […]
An 11-year-old boy, who was shot by a police officer in the US state of Mississippi., suffered a collapsed lung, fractured ribs and a lacerated liver.Nakala Murry, the boy’s mother, said her son, Aderrien Murry, was shot once in the chest. It was reported that the officer, who is now on suspension, shot the black […]