Potassium iodide pills designed to guard against the effects of radiation will be distributed to all Maryland schools within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant and also made available to residents ...

President Donald Trump addresses the nation, previously teasing a "very big" announcement. by Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Gov. Chris Gregoire wants people to follow the U.S. Department of ...

Japanese officials are handing out radiation-blocking iodine tablets to people living in the shadow of two nuclear reactors slated to restart this year, underscoring concerns about atomic power after ...

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 over periodic power ...

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 of Illinois soon will stockpile pills near nuclear power plants that provide some protection from radiation poisoning, and will create a plan to assure the pills are accessible and usable a ...

CLINTON, Ill. (AP) -- A year ago, Charles and Deborah Bateson may have disregarded a chance to stock up on pills that help block radiation in case of an accident at the nuclear plant near their home.

People who want to protect their thyroid against radiation released from a nuclear power plant can pick up free potassium iodide pills Saturday and Sunday in Port Byron. The Illinois Department of ...

Distribution of potassium iodide pills to help residents guard against radiation poisoning in the event of an accident at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant will not begin for at least a month, a ...

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) - The little white pills designed to protect against cancer weren't deemed necessary after the reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island, but area residents are happy to have them now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A woman shows a pack with iodine tablets before distributing them to residents at a local school in case of a radiation ...