All MinER Center

Five staff members standing for pose.

January 5, 2026

UIC center elevates care, compensation for Midwestern coal miners 

A five-year, $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will help former and current miners get care.

April 12, 2022

What is causing the rise in black lung disease?

Study links silica exposure to recent high rates of severe coal workers’ pneumoconiosis

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August 20, 2020

UIC receives $5M to provide screening, education and treatment for black lung disease

UIC-Shawnee Health Service Black Lung Clinics Program funded for five more years