In China’s emerging high-dust industries, the allure of higher wages draws many young workers into the business. However, for them, exposure to lethal dust has led to an unexpected enemy: ...

Coal worker’s pneumoconiosis (CWP), commonly called black lung, is making a return, especially in central Appalachia, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health.

A schematic diagram illustrating how targeting alveolar macrophages, epithelial cells, and endothelial cells by suppressing ferroptosis can alleviate pneumoconiosis. The figure highlights various ...

Pneumoconiosis comprises a group of heterogeneous lung diseases resulting from the inhalation of mineral dust. It is an occupational hazard with significant economic and social implications. Notably, ...

Researchers study the epidemiology and influencing factors of pneumoconiosis, an incurable occupational lung disease that causes breathing difficulties, among Chinese coal miners At work, coal miners ...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), an innovative, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing fibrosis-first therapies across organ systems ...

Senior Research Officer, Centre for Public Health Research, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Black lung is a chronic, irreversible occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation and ...

It’s not your typical viral hit. Self-directed, self-funded, and shot mostly on a simple camcorder, the film follows the lives of coal workers in rural Hunan, a central Chinese province. But “Miners, ...