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Black lung disease on the rise: 5 questions answered

  • Written by Anna Allen, Associate professor of Occupational Medicine, West Virginia University
Coal miner Scott Tiller works next to a drill in an underground coal mine roughly 40 inches high in Welch, West Virginia.AP Photo/David Goldman

Editor’s note: An article published Feb. 6, 2018 in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health had...

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