WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explores what scientists have learned about the health effects of radiation, with a look at past nuclear accidents. Photo: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images Daniela ...

This can lead to cancer. Radiation can also deposit large amounts of energy into the body, which can damage or destroy cells completely. Image caption, Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM ...

Exposure to radiation from head or neck CT imaging increased risk for childhood brain tumors, according to results of a ...