Sick and Struggling in Coal Country

For the past six months, The Morning Call spent time with people in the Coal Region to find out why they're among the sickest in Pennsylvania. The coal industry that once supported the people living there has burned out. In its place are poverty, sickness and addiction. Doctors are thinning out, and health facilities struggle to keep their doors open. The Morning Call explores these issues in a four-part series focused on Carbon County. The stories are filled with frustration and despair, love and forgiveness, death, survival and hope.

View the series at themorningcall.com/coalcountry.