On August 6, 2012, a corroded, eight-inch pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, cracked open, sending a ...

A once-eliminated disease could infect thousands…Half of Americans breathe unhealthy air…Job burnout remains high for health ...

Unsafe drinking water linked to disinfectants…arsenic in rice could rise with climate change…mattresses may expose kids to ...

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Steelworkers, other advocates say proposed changes would put workers and communities at risk ...

Low payments, high demand put hospital EDs at risk … patients fare worse at hospitals serving Black communities ...

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new rule to limit silica dust exposure for coal and other miners. The rule, from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), was ...

The rule, from the Mine Safety and Health Administration, was imposed last year in response to an epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners.

Hundreds of employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were laid off this week, including researchers who monitor the health of coal miners.