Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 16—EAST GRAND FORKS — For Sidney Berard, 94, the iron lung displayed during the recent Heritage Days in East Grand Forks ...

DALLAS -- Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according to ...

Tucked away in the basement of the Harvard Medical School library is a large capsule-like contraption on wheels that is both a relic of the past and, public health experts warn, a caution for the ...

Discover the inspiring story of Paul Alexander, who lived an extraordinary life inside an iron lung. A polio survivor and ...

The display has been organised by the Rotary Club of Middle England to draw attention to World Polio Day which highlights the global efforts to end poliomyelitis (polio) worldwide. Mayor Tom Wootton ...

This 1960 photograph depicts a nurse caring for a patient of a Rhode Island polio epidemic inside an Emerson respirator, also referred to as an iron lung. Devices like these were used by polio ...

ANDOVER — Imagine avoiding the sidewalk in front of someone’s home for a month out of fear of catching a paralyzing virus. Then imagine being the family living in that house. For Douglas Dodd, his ...

On display at the East Grand Forks Heritage Village, an iron lung symbolized the impact of poliomyelitis and focused attention on disease threats and the importance of vaccination Sidney Berard, of ...