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West Virginia University’s School of Public Health is kicking off a series of monthly Public Health Dialogues this week. The first in the series is titled “Black Lung and Chemical Spills: 100 years of Poor Health in West Virginia.”
Award-winning journalist Chris Hamby, policy think-tank director Ted Boettner, and public health researcher Dr. Stephen Woolf will be panelists discussing recent insights into West Virginia’s health disparities and economic challenges. The talk is free and open to the public. It begins at noon on Friday, 9/5, at the WVU Health Sciences Center in Morgantown.
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Future topics for the Public Health Dialogues hosted by WVU include “The State of Health in West Virginia” on Oct. 3; “The Social Determinants of Health” on Nov. 7; and “A Comprehensive, Community-Based Opiod Overdose Program” on Dec. 5.
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control found that black lung rates are the highest they’ve been since the 1970s. The disease can be debilitating, even for young miners. Justin Hicks reported for the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom on the new CDC report. Longtime investigative reporter Howard Berkes assisted, continuing his years of reporting on black lung, as previously featured on Inside Appalachia. Following the story’s release, Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams reached out to dig deeper.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, a new report finds the number of black lung cases is at its highest since the 1970s. The human cost is high. Also, the author of a new book says reintroducing nearly extinct animals back into the wild can boost damaged ecosystems, but they can't repair them. And, roadside attractions pay tribute to our enduring fascination with weird.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that black lung rates are the highest they’ve been since the 1970s. Justin Hicks and Howard Burkes reported on that for the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Hicks and Burkes to dig a little deeper.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is demanding the immediate enforcement of federal silica dust protections in central Appalachian coal mines, in a statement released Thursday.
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