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Pakistan reports this year's sixth polio case
Pakistan reports its sixth polio case of 2026 as the Khyber District logs its first infection in over six years.
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A six-year-old entered an iron lung after polio. More than 70 years later, he had become the world’s long
The death of Paul Alexan, who spent over 70 years in an iron lung after contracting polio at age six, marks the end of a medical era.
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Hours each day in an iron lung kept her breathing, her will to live kept her alive
Martha Lillard, the last American polio survivor reliant on an iron lung, has died at age 78.
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Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78
Martha Lillard, the last known American polio survivor reliant on an iron lung, has died in Oklahoma at age 78.