They eventually diagnosed him with low iodine levels, a condition increasingly observed among children. Although iodine deficiency was largely eradicated in the 20th century by fortifying table ...

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

A century ago, 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 ...

Iodine deficiency is re-emerging, particularly affecting pregnant women and children, prompting health experts to warn of potential developmental impacts. Rapidly ballooning neck in teen reveals ...