A reanalysis of whole-genome data from 130 children conceived after the Chernobyl disaster has identified a statistically significant increase in a specific type of DNA mutation in the offspring of ...

Four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, the children of the workers are still living with the fallout. Until now, scientists haven't been sure whether the children of people ...

A woman who helped children in Belarus after the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl 40 years ago has recalled how the community came together to support them. The disaster happened at a power ...

Submitted photo Viktoryia Paliakovich, a native of the Republic of Belarus in Eastern Europe, will graduate in May from Youngstown State University with a master’s degree in English language and ...

Nine children and three adults arrived in Seattle Tuesday for a six week health respite – a crucial escape from their homes in the Eastern European country of Belarus, where the radioactive ...

The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the children of those originally exposed, researchers have found – the first time such ...

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A GROUP of Russian children from close to Chernobyl have had their eyes tested during a visit to Northern Ireland. A GROUP of Russian children from close to Chernobyl have had their eyes tested during ...

Forty years after Chernobyl changed history forever, discover 17 fascinating and heartbreaking facts about the world’s worst ...

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - I wasn't even born when Chernobyl blew up, but its deadly legacy haunted my childhood. Sign up here. One girl at my school had six fingers on one hand. My thyroid gland is ...