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For weeks, the mobile black lung clinic sat behind the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health office in Morgantown.
During that time, government workers, unions and lawmakers pushed back on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for freezing a program that helped coal miners with black lung disease.
In May, a federal judge ordered the program to resume, and many of its workers went back to work. The mobile clinic finally resumed last week, stopping in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.
Next week, from July 29 to 31, the clinic will be set up at Mylan Park in Morgantown. According to a schedule published by NIOSH, it will then go to Mannington on Aug. 5 and Grantsville, Maryland, on Aug. 27.
The free screenings include an evaluation of work history and respiratory health, a chest X-ray, a lung function test and a blood pressure test.
Those who participate can expect results in eight to 10 weeks. Appointments are recommended but walk-ins will be accepted.
On this West Virginia Week, despite a government shutdown and the closure of national parks across the country, parks in West Virginia are staying open – for now. Also, a new book looks at the last public hanging in America. And, they’re out ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFormer Del. Alfred Arch Moore Capito, prosecutor Matt Harvey and state Sen. Mike Stuart have all been approved by the U.S. Senate for the new federal positions they were nominated for by the Trump administration.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charleston has asked U.S. District Judge Irene Berger to hold Wiley v Kennedy in abeyance for 14 days.
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