A West Virginia Coal Miner Just Saved NIOSH’s Black Lung Program
In a rare occasion of good news for the nation’s coal miners, a decision this week in a lawsuit brought by one of their own will reverse at least some…
Judge orders restoration of jobs in health program for West Virginia coal miners
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a…
Prevent Blindness Urges West Virginia State House to Reject Bill That Would Imperil Children’s Vision
(PRESS RELEASE) Prevent Blindness has issued a statement on proposed legislation in West Virginia, HR 3444, that would remove the requirement that all newborns in the state receive prophylactic eye…
Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation
CNN — Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity. At Covenant Children’s…