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Statworld4 hrs agoUpdated
Martha Lillard, Last Known U.S. Iron Lung User, Dies at 78
Martha Lillard died June 26 in Oklahoma. She was the final known American polio survivor dependent on an iron lung for breathing after contracting the disease in 1953.
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indianexpress.comworld46 days ago
Pakistan Confirms Three New Polio Cases
Pakistan recorded three confirmed wild poliovirus cases in the first five months of 2026. Attacks on polio workers and their escorts have continued in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces.