The past week has not seen any concrete action regarding the Byrd Amendments. But like last week’s introduction of a proposed House Resolution by coalfield Republicans,…
Lately the black lung provisions that are within the Affordable Care Act—called the “Byrd Amendments”—have (rightly) been getting a lot of media attention. For example, there’s…
Two big pieces of news regarding black lung today. First, the Center for Disease Control has published an article “Resurgence of Progressive Massive Fibrosis in Coal…
Today, August 1, 2016, is the effective date of the new, lower limit on coal-mine dust in American mines. This reduction is expected to reduce the…
In today’s Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs published its final rule “Black Lung Benefits Act: Disclosure of Medical Information…
On Saturday, April 9th, a group of coal miners and others held a rally in Pikeville, Kentucky to raise awareness of issues related to black lung. …
Earlier this week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision involving a seaman who filed a claim under the Jones Act…
Earlier today the radio program Here and Now—which runs on National Public Radio—ran a program called “The Resurgence of Black Lung in Appalachia.” The eleven-minute piece…
Breaking news: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit rejected the coal industry’s challenge to the 2014 dust rule by the U.S. Department of…
I have been slow to post about a recent piece of medical research about the increasing rates of lung transplants for miners with black lung. Initially,…