Free Fishing Weekend Planned June 10, 11
West Virginia’s Free Fishing Weekend will return June 10-11, 2023.
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Lung Disease
Study Shows Coal Miners Face Higher Risk Of Death From Lung Disease
The University of Illinois Chicago and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied more than 235,000 coal miners who died between 1979 and 2017.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWVU Scientists Research Burn Pit Exposures
A team at West Virginia University is studying how exposure to toxic substances from military burn pits affect veterans’ health.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Ranks Near Bottom On Smoking Report Card
A recent report from the American Lung Association (ALA) says if the state’s tobacco control policies were stronger it could curb the use of tobacco.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBreathing Program Designed For Rural Healthcare Providers
The American Lung Association in West Virginia has unveiled the new Reaching Rural Providers initiative, which is designed to increase early diagnosis of COPD in rural communities by educating healthcare professionals about the disease.
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Report: W.Va. Has Highest Rate Of Smoking
West Virginians are more likely to have a smoking habit than those living in any other state, according to the association’s 2021 State of Lung Cancer report. Almost a quarter of adults in the state smoke cigarettes.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNicotine May Help Treat a Particular Type of Lung Disease
Lung experts at Ohio State University Medical Center are testing whether nicotine can help people with a particular type of chronic inflammatory lung…
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