HHS reinstates fired workers responsible for coal miner health protection

The Centers for Disease Control and Protection has reinstated nearly 200 workers who screen coal miners for black lung, an incurable progressive disease caused by long-term exposure to coal dust, following a federal judge's order Tuesday.  U.S. District Judge Irene Berger issued a preliminary injunction halting the firings at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) Coal Workers Health Surveillance Program. Berger ordered the "full restoration" of servic