Workers’ compensation insurers have slashed spending on opioids, reducing the risk of addiction and delayed recovery, but now they are...
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As a young man, Barry Shrewsbury dug coal in the West Virginia mines and spent his time off hunting and...
A new research letter published in a medical journal details hundreds of cases of black lung disease in the Central...
When managers at Bon Secours Virginia Health System started analyzing worker’s compensation cases, they noticed a bad combination: Lifting heavy...
New data show many more coal miners across Appalachia suffering from the most serious form of black lung disease than...
A spike in serious black-lung cases in eastern Kentucky indicates that a disease lawmakers hoped to eradicate decades ago continues...
A center at the University of Kentucky is receiving a five-year, $5 million grant to improve occupational health and safety...
The Obama administration is investigating the health risks of hydraulic fracturing after at least four deaths among oilfield workers since...
They weren’t exposed to anywhere near the same level of ash, grit and fumes, but emergency workers who rushed to...
Workers with access to paid sick leave are 28 percent less likely overall to suffer nonfatal occupational injuries than workers...