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

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 ...

GoFundMe A man known for living his life in an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio as a child has died. Paul Alexander, also known as “The Man in the Iron Lung,” died on Monday ...

The polio survivor, Paul Alexander, lived inside an iron lung for 70 years. But what is an iron lung and how does it work. Video by Sanjana Bhambhani A weekly summary of the big stories from ...