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EPISODE · Aug 14, 2026

Digging Deeper Into Rising Black Lung Cases, This West Virginia Morning

from West Virginia Morning · host West Virginia Public Broadcasting

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that black lung rates are the highest they’ve been since the 1970s. Justin Hicks and Howard Burkes reported on that for the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Hicks and Burkes to dig a little deeper.   The post Digging Deeper Into Rising Black Lung Cases, This West Virginia Morning appeared first on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

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