Gnaden Huetten campus exclusive provider for black lung disease care

The Pennsylvania Black Lung Coalition has named the Gnaden Huetten campus of the Blue Mountain Health System as the exclusive provider in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

‘Lung disease affects more workers than figures show’

RESEARCHERS in the North- East believe they have found what could be a ticking time bomb of previously undiagnosed industrial illness.

Getting tested early can ease pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease consists of several diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD blocks airways, making it difficult to breathe. It's the fourth-leading cause of death in Hawaii and the nation. COPD can't be cured but it can be managed. Getting tested early can help you keep the disease from worsening.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 22/8

A depression formed in the northern part of the East Sea strengthened into a low pressure system on August 21 and is likely to become a tropical storm in the coming days.

Senators: Air pollution rules would hamper S.D. farms

WASHINGTON - Farmers say an informal proposal to tighten federal rules on dust is nothing to sneeze at because of the harm they say it could do to their operations. Citing public health, scientists in the Environmental Protection Agency are recommending that current standards on "particulate matter" be tougher. Improving air quality by further limiting the fine and coarse emissions from mobile ...