It was announced on Wednesday that workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) that received layoff notices will be reinstated. In April, several hundred employees at the NIOSH facility in Morgantown were laid off as part of the nationwide restructuring of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The West VA facility plays a crucial role in the research around the health risks and respiratory diseases associated with coal mining, called the coal workers health surveillance program