Howard Berkes

Tuesday November 10, 2026, at ten o’clock on WGVU Public Television, FRONTLINE premiers Coal’s Human Cost. Black lung disease is currently devastating families in Appalachia. The documentary examines how doctors and advocates have been trying for years to sound the alarm and to get better protections for miners, and how federal regulators and the industry failed to respond. WGVU spoke with correspondent Howard Berkes.

Tuesday, January 22nd @ 10:00 on WGVU Public Television - PBS FRONTLINE and NPR investigate an aggressive lung disease impacting thousands of Appalachia…