W.Va. To Host First Spartan Trifecta In U.S.
Some 8,000 athletes from around the world will converge on West Virginia next month for the first Spartan Trifecta World Championship to be held in the U.S.
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Sen. Stuart Appears Before US Senate Confirmation Hearing
President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy have tapped state Sen. Mike Stuart, R-Kanawha, to be General Counsel to the Department of Health and Human Services advising Secretary Robert Kennedy directly. ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMobile Black Lung Screening Program Is Back On The Road
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.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Miner Challenges Trump Cuts To Black Lung Screening Program
The suit challenges the decision by HHS to shutter the agency that processes such applications. In May, U.S. District Judge Irene Berger ordered HHS to restore the program.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDespite Court Order, Black Lung Screening Program Still Not Fully Functional
The agency’s mobile X-ray unit is parked behind an office building in Morgantown because there are no funds to operate it. And the agency is missing contract workers to read chest X-rays.
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NIOSH Director Tells Federal Judge That Black Lung Program Is Back
John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, told U.S. District Judge Irene Berger that 51 workers who had received termination notices in April were back on the job.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUMWA's Roberts Intervened To Save Federal Black Lung Program
United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts was among those who personally asked the U.S. health secretary to save a program that screens for black lung.
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