The price of pills that can help protect people from radiation poisoning has nearly tripled following Russia's attack on Ukraine and amid fears the conflict could lead to a nuclear incident. European ...

A newly published ophthalmic case report questions the unregulated sales of antiradiation tablets marketed as part of nuclear apocalypse “go bags.” John A. Moran Eye Center ophthalmologist and ...

Ukrainians are being urged to get their hands on a supply of potassium iodide for radiation sickness in case Vladimir Putin uses a nuclear weapon. Does iodide work? The short answer is yes – but for ...

The US spent $290 million on anti-radiation pills to save lives after a "nuclear emergency". The US Department for Health and Human Services said the purchase was part of a "long-standing program" ...

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 ...

In late February, only a few days after ordering an invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear forces be put on high alert. That alarmed governments and people around ...

Terry Metcalf, a worker with the local district of the state Department of Health, fills an order of potassium iodide tablets. The department is distributing the tablets, which were provided by the ...

The state Department of Health will provide free anti-radiation pills to people who live or work within 10 miles of Pennsylvania's nuclear power plants.The potassium iodide pills can partially protect ...

Emergency management officials in Delaware say about 1,500 doses of potassium iodide have been distributed to residents who live within 10 miles of the Salem/Hope Creek nuclear power plant in New ...

WASHINGTON -- Japan's nuclear crisis is spiking demand in the U.S. and a few other places for a cheap drug that can protect against one type of radiation damage -- even though the risk is only in ...