FILE - A woman shows a pack with iodine tablets before distributing them to residents at a local school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. The war in Ukraine ...

Iodine prophylaxis is one of the most frequently searched topics during periods of heightened geopolitical tension, nuclear ...

Fears about nuclear fallout and radiaton poisoning in 2001 produced one of the most infamous Irish radio interviews of all ...

Iodine tablets are in the mail to millions of Swiss citizens as part of the country’s preparation for a disaster at one of its nuclear power plants. In 2014, about 4.6 million potassium iodide tablets ...

Fears of a potential nuclear conflict or accident after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are sparking a huge interest in iodine tablets, which can protect the body from some of the harmful effects of ...

But with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, things have gotten a little tense. And so it was that the firemen and town halls thought it wise to explain that French sirens were ringing because of a drill ...

Japan has distributed potassium iodide to evacuation centers near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini nuclear power plants. The... Just in case, Japan has distributed a whole bunch of ...

FILE - A woman shows a pack with iodine tablets before distributing them to residents at a local school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. The war in Ukraine ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. Concerns have grown in recent weeks ...