Radiation therapy remains one of the most important tools for treating cancer, but experts say patients receiving radiation ...

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Under the draft proposal, the principle that exposure should be “as low as reasonably achievable” will be replaced with hard limits and special exceptions.

A recent study in Nature Communications suggests that Americans living closer to nuclear power plants face higher cancer death rates. As interest in nuclear energy grows again, results like these can ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching a study on whether radiation from cellphones could harm Americans’ health. “The FDA removed web pages with old conclusions about ...

Exposure to radon and its progeny in buildings represents one of the largest sources of natural ionising radiation for the population and is a ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A study led by UC San Francisco and UC Davis has concluded that radiation from medical imaging is associated with a higher risk of blood cancers in children. The researchers examined data from nearly ...

With Israel intensifying its attacks on Iran's nuclear program, and President Donald Trump hinting the U.S. might join the effort, here is what we know about the radiation threat, and other health ...

Blowing up nuclear sites could spread radioactive material across a large area and threaten human life and health.