The increased drilling generates deadly silica dust and has caused severe forms of pneumoconiosis, better known as black lung disease, even among younger miners, some in their 30s and 40s.

When the Appalachian Citizens Law Center (ACLC) went looking for someone to help them publicize the risk of Covid-19 for coal miners with black lung disease, they wanted a person miners could trust.

Lung diseases are some of the most common medical conditions in the world. Tens of millions of people have lung disease in the U.S. alone. Smoking, infections, and genes cause most lung diseases.

A law that requires doctors to report cases of black lung disease and silicosis to a register has been passed in the Queensland Parliament. What are the causes of silicosis and black lung disease?

For many Black communities ... workers exposed to these hazards can further reduce the risks of lung cancer and other related diseases. Genetic predisposition plays a crucial role in lung cancer ...