Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had been missing: iodine. A ...

We have left many epidemics and diseases back in the past, through the good work of doctors, essential workers and other ...

iodine deficiency affected kids across large swaths of the country. It essentially disappeared after some food makers started adding it to table salt, bread and some other foods, in one of the ...

Although most people are still getting enough, researchers have increasingly been reporting low levels of iodine in pregnant women and other people, raising concerns about an impact on their newborns.

Doctors were puzzled.Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had been missing: iodine.A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across ...