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Senator Urges Reinstatement of NIOSH Workers for Miners' Health

4/23/2025

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Senator Shelley Moore Capito is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to bring back nearly 200 workers who were laid off at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Morgantown, West Virginia. She highlighted the facility's vital mission in safeguarding coal miners' health and cautioned that these layoffs could result in expensive lab closures.

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Senator Shelley Moore Capito is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to bring back nearly 200 workers who were laid off at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Morgantown, West Virginia. She highlighted the facility's vital mission in safeguarding coal miners' health and cautioned that these layoffs could result in expensive lab closures.