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 ...

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 is important for the production of the thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). The body does not ...

The Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station. The Pennsylvania Department of Health will soon distribute free potassium iodide tablets to residents who live, work, or study within 10 miles of the Beaver ...

Pharmacies across Belgium are being stocked with iodine pills as part of a new government emergency plan to help protect citizens against a potential nuclear accident. Pharmacies across Belgium are ...

For years, Switzerland has distributed iodine tablets to residents living within 50 kilometers (31.1 miles) of one of the country’s three nuclear power plants. It last distributed such pills in 2014.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Most multivitamin supplements that contain iodine carry less -- and sometimes far less -- of the element than stated on the label, possibly putting newborns at risk for ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Japanese authorities grappling with a nuclear disaster must hand out iodine tablets now and as widely as possible to avoid a potential leap in thyroid cancers, the head of a group of ...

Doctors have long touted iodine as vital for healthy thyroid function, but researchers have recently discovered that not all forms of iodine are created equal. Here, a medical doctor and an analytic ...

Iodine might be small in quantity but it is important. The mineral fuels thyroid hormones that regulate metabolism, mood, and ...

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 ...