BLCOE Mission
To improve the medical surveillance, treatment, and medicolegal services provided by black lung medical providers, advocacy organizations, and governmental agencies who provide care to coal miners.
WHO ARE WE?
The University of Illinois Chicago, in collaboration with National Jewish Health, established the Black Lung Center of Excellence (BLCOE) in 2014, with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Rural Health Policy. Since then, the BLCOE has provided services to many HRSA Black Lung Clinics grantees. In 2020, HRSA funded the establishment of the Black Lung Data & Resource Center (BLDRC).
In The News
Covering Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease Topics
Black Lung Benefits Drop For Kentucky Coal Miners After Controversial Law Change
Click the link to read more: https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2020/02/black-lung-benefits-drop-for-kentucky-coal-miners-after-controversial-law-change/
Dr. Cohen Feature: Hesa Mag-Migrant workers in Fortress Europe
Read more here: https://www.etui.org/Publications2/Periodicals/HesaMag-20-Migrant-workers-in-Fortress-Europe
Proposed Queensland law re-frames mining deaths as industrial manslaughter
“New laws in Queensland, Australia could see executives of mines and quarries facing a maximum of 20 years in jail [...]