Black lung disease is considered a job-related illness ... may also be used. There is no cure. Treatments generally aim to ease symptoms, prevent further damage to your lungs, and improve your ...

You may hear other people call pneumoconiosis "black lung disease" or "popcorn lung." There's no cure, but treatments can make it easier for you to breathe and go about your regular activities.

There are no funds to operate a mobile X-ray unit and the agency is missing contract workers to read chest X-rays.

Researchers have developed a lung-targeted nanoparticle delivery system for genetic therapies. In a major step forward for ...

One of the most well-known areas with a high concentration of black lung disease is Appalachia, which stretches from southern New York state to northern Mississippi and all of West Virginia ...

Insilico Medicine, the biotech company with twin headquarters in Boston and Hong Kong, said it’s the first time an AI-created drug, working on an approach identified by AI, passed a mid-stage clinical ...

Black lung disease often resembles idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and dust-related fibrosis can be progressive. There are treatment options for progressive fibrosis, and patients can also be ...

At Pipestem Resort State Park, the annual Black Lung Conference kicked off Wednesday—bringing together those on the front ...

In a chapter about a rare lung disease, the author commented that perhaps ... TB is long and drawn out,” says Smilios, author of The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure ...