Potassium iodide can help protect your thyroid from radioactive iodine. It’s useful during a nuclear radiation emergency. Learn more about the medication.

Although potassium iodide is very effective in preventing the uptake of iodine-131 and thyroid cancer it is not a panacea. Nor is it for everyone. According to the CDC , it is recommended only for ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health will offer free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets on Thursday to Pennsylvanians who are within ten miles of the state’s four active nuclear power plants as ...

Russia has previously ordered approximately the same amount of potassium iodide in late December 2020 and early March 2021, per Russian media Kommersant. The difference between the previous orders ...

For more details about the potassium iodide distribution program in Delaware, contact the Delaware Emergency Management Agency Radiological Emergency Preparedness section at 302-659-3362.

(WHTM) — People who live or work within ten miles of Pennsylvania’s nuclear power plants can get free potassium iodide tablets later this month. The Pennsylvania Department of Health holds the ...