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

NEW YORKNEW YORK — 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 ...

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.

(Bloomberg) -- Denmark’s government is asking citizens to prepare for an attack or other potential crisis by stockpiling supplies of water, food and medicine, and keeping iodine tablets at home. A ...

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 ...

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 ...