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post-polio syndrome

Coverage of post-polio syndrome in the Nexus archive.

Earliest in view: Jul 12 · 01:09 UTCMost recent: Jul 12 · 01:09 UTC
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  • HEALTHJul 12 · 01:09 UTCFOX NEWS
    Last American to use an iron lung dies at 78 years old after childhood polio diagnosis

    Martha Lillard, the last American to rely on an iron lung due to childhood polio, died at 78. She contracted polio at age 5, used the iron lung for breathing, and later faced complications from two COVID-19 infections. She lived independently, married a man from Egypt, and died of chronic pulmonary failure and post-polio syndrome.