NIOSH Black Lung Screening Dates and Locations Announced for 2024
April 09, 2024
April 09, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health issued the following news release on April 8, 2024:
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer free and confidential black lung screenings to coal miners beginning in April 2024. The screenings support early detection of black lung disease, a serious but preventable disease in coal miners caused by breathing coal mine dust . . .
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer free and confidential black lung screenings to coal miners beginning in April 2024. The screenings support early detection of black lung disease, a serious but preventable disease in coal miners caused by breathing coal mine dust . . .