Miners working in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia who’ve had at least 25 years underground have the worst rate of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease. One in three — 32.5% — ...

New work requirements, more frequent eligibility reviews and other policy changes will reshape Medicaid for many Hoosiers beginning in 2027.

Parents, patients and disability advocates say Indiana's Medicaid renewal process has left many eligible families struggling ...

Three years after enrollment peaked during the pandemic, Indiana’s Medicaid rolls continue to decline as eligibility reviews reshape the program.

Guilford County Department of Social Services workers Marie Lee, a lead eligibility caseworker (left) and Brittany Scott, eligibility supervisor, help clients at the Tiny House HOPE Center in ...

Three years after enrollment peaked during the pandemic, Indiana's Medicaid rolls continue to decline as eligibility reviews ...

Downtown Houston on a smoggy day. Particulate matter, an ingredient in smog, has been linked to a long list of health effects, including premature death, stroke and breast cancer. Credit: Dave Fehling ...

LOS ANGELES – California regulators took a first step Thursday toward banning the fabrication of artificial-stone countertops, popular with consumers but implicated in a workplace epidemic of the lung ...

In the spring of 1977, federal workplace-safety regulators were confronted with a grim government study. Current and former employees of two Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants in Ohio had been using ...

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Gus Rodriguez sits on his porch on Nov. 24, 2025, at his home in Elizabeth, Colorado, near Denver. Rodriguez’s leg was amputated below the knee after a workplace accident in a San Antonio asphalt ...

Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez has a severe case of silicosis from cutting countertops. He says he used water to suppress the dust and wore high-quality masks, but the fine silica powder still entered his ...