Coal miners' health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC

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A NIOSH Black Lung surveillance van at the fire station in Wharton, W.Va.

The CDC unit that dramatically reduced Black Lung Disease among coal miners has been fired in Trump's sweeping overhaul of health agencies. Mining communities must now grapple with its disappearance.

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