Gone are the days when friends and family could walk you to your gate and you could board an airplane without a detailed airport security check. (For you youngsters, yes, that actually happened once ...

If you’ve ever shuffled through an airport body scanner wondering how much the machine can actually see, you’re not alone. For a while, the answer was: far more than most travellers realised. And that ...

As the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) pushes forward with its plan to place full-body scanners in all American airports, experts in the scientific community are raising serious concerns ...

As airports get ready for for the busiest flying days of the year, some passengers are voicing concerns about the health risks of the full-body scanners now being used at some security checkpoints.

A traveler says her tampon triggered an alarm in a TSA body scanner, and the story is resonating with menstruating passengers who suspect the machines might be detecting far more than officials admit.

If you're pregnant and worried about the safety of those full-body scanners at the airport, you can rest easy. These scanners, which first emerged in US airports after the attempted terrorist attack ...

On May 2, just their second day in use, the body scanners at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology did what Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials were desperately hoping they would do. They ...

CALDWELL, Idaho — The Canyon County Sheriff's Office recently finalized the installation of the Tek84 Intercept body scanner at the county jail. The body scanner will help jail staff locate and stop ...

The Editorial Board of the Charlotte Observer raises issues with body scanners installed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to detect guns, including false alarms and a lack of research about their ...

DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — New technology has already helped a Triad sheriff's office clean up its jail. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office recently bought a new body scanner. It caught someone trying ...