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Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'

Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease

The Independent UK

How are unions pushing back against Trump’s attacks on labor and layoffs?

Unions are battling in court to halt firings and ensure workers retain their collective bargaining rights

The Guardian - US

A Coal Miner’s Daughter Takes on DOGE to Protect Miners’ Health

Since 1970, more than 75,000 miners have died of black lung disease. Now, researchers working to prevent those deaths get layoff notices.

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Trump’s safety research cuts heighten workplace risks, federal workers warn

Layoffs at US occupational safety and health agency leave people vulnerable to illness and injury, ex-workers caution

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr. Told To 'Hold Back' After Testy Exchange With Dem Senator Over HHS Funding

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. was told to "hold back" after getting into a tense exchange with Democratic Senator Patty Murray

Latin Times

Senate appropriators grill Kennedy on biomedical research - Roll Call

Senators spar with Kennedy on cuts to biomedical research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Roll Call

RFK Jr tells Congress ‘people shouldn’t take medical advice from me’

Health secretary demurs on questions about vaccine stance and defends Republican plans to cut healthcare

The Guardian - US

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Live updates: Trump’s meeting with Syria’s new president could mark a turning point for the Mideast

President Donald Trump has met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia

The Independent UK

Judge orders restoration of jobs in health program for West Virginia coal miners

A judge has ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs in a unit of a small U.S. health agency

The Independent UK

Trump is dismantling a key worker safety group. It’s another betrayal of the working class

Niosh has been protecting workers’ health and safety for 50 years, affecting everyone from coalminers to firefighters

The Guardian - US

Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs

More than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been eliminated in the tornado of layoffs and proposed budget cuts in the Trump administration’s first 100 days

The Independent UK

Outrage as Trump’s coal expansion coupled with health cuts: ‘There won’t be anyone to work in the mines’

Agencies protecting coal miners from hazards such as ‘black lung’ among those gutted by government cuts

The Guardian - US

‘Bureaucratic cruelty’: 9/11 responders and survivors shaken by US health cuts

World Trade Center healthcare program for people affected by attacks is in turmoil over Trump officials’ overhaul

The Guardian - US

Experts fear rise in diseases as layoffs halt health research: ‘Incredibly bizarre gaslighting’

Trump administration’s dismantling of institutions under guise of ‘efficiency’ will lead to a grim future for Americans

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The Independent UK

Layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab

Government staffing cuts have gutted a small U.S. health agency that aims to protect workers

The Independent UK

Trump administration guts mine safety and reproductive health divisions in sweeping HHS cuts

The Health and Human Services has begun an overhaul of its 28 divisions despite concerns about public safety

The Independent UK

New research suggests white noise machines may be unsafe for children to sleep with

White noise machines may expose children to large volumes that could damage their hearing

WEKU

As coal miners suffer and die from severe black lung, a proposed fix may fall short

For decades, miners have called for limits on highly toxic silica dust, which they're exposed to while mining. An investigation shows its impact and the weakness of proposed rules to protect them.

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Fortune

Pret A Manger employee tried to use croissant boxes to fend off hypothermia after becoming trapped in a walk-in freezer

The British sandwich chain has been fined over $1 million.

WEKU

Why the government fails to limit many dangerous chemicals in the workplace

The U.S. agency that's supposed to protect workers' health has all but given up on setting limits on a dangerous chemical released in tire manufacturing. Meanwhile, workers are dying.

Tribune News Service

CDC has backlog of applications from manufacturers of N95 masks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention oversees a backlog of 142 applications from manufacturers of air-filtering masks such as N95s, which the agency was criticized as being slow to recommend over cloth masks before updating its guidance Friday.

Roll Call

CDC has backlog of applications from manufacturers of N95 masks - Roll Call

The CDC has a backlog of 142 applications of air-filtering masks such as N95s, amid criticism for slow mask recommendations.

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