On an X-ray, healthy, well-aerated lung tissue shows up black. The lungs of black lung patients are veiled in white. Experts say it should be possible to reverse the trend.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The NIOSH Mobile Black Lung Screening program, stalled earlier this year by DOGE cuts, is back on the road and will be in northern West Virginia and Maryland later this month.