The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

A piece of medical history has found its new home at the Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum after sitting in storage for more ...

During the summers of the years after World War II, mothers dreaded fever in a child because these were the worst years of ...

In the seven decades since he was first placed in the machine ... “Paul Alexander, The Man in the Iron Lung’, passed away yesterday. After surviving polio as a child, he lived over 70 years ...

82-year-old Mona Randolph is a polio survivor and one of the last three people in the U.S. who still uses an iron lung Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything ...