Marylou Rhodes Releases Frank & Lucy Polio: A Family Story of Love, Illness, and Courage

Author, artist, and storyteller Marylou Rhodes announces Frank & Lucy Polio, a family biography centered on her parents’ ...

Last U.S. polio patient with an iron lung dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard was diagnosed with polio at age 5. For the past two years, she was in an iron lung nearly 24 hours a day.

Oklahoma woman Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dead at 78

An Oklahoma woman, who was the last American patient to rely on an iron lung to live after she was diagnosed with polio at 5 ...

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. Her sister, Cindy McVey, ...

Gaza's children, traumatized and mutilated by war: 'His prosthesis hurts, but he endures it to show that he isn't different'

Due to the bombings carried out by Israel since October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip now holds the grim record for the highest ...

Who was Martha Ann Lillard? Husband, cause of death, and the legacy of one of the last iron lung US polio survivors

Martha Ann Lillard, who spent nearly seven decades living in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, has died at 78.
Mother Jones

Polio Made Mitch McConnell MAHA’s Enemy

Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) released a letter to his constituents saying that his hospitalization was the consequence of a fall.
Al Jazeera on MSN

How Kenyan volunteers hunt polio’s hidden trail

Community health volunteers travel across remote northern Kenya to detect poliovirus before it can spread.

Hours each day in an iron lung kept her breathing, her will to live kept her alive

The sister of the last known polio patient in the US to use the life-saving machine spoke to the BBC about her sister's life.

Last US polio patient using an iron lung to survive dies in Oklahoma

Last US polio patient using an iron lung to survive dies in Oklahoma - The coronavirus pandemic took a severe toll on Lillard ...

Oklahoma woman, the last American in an iron lung, dies at 78

Martha Ann Lillard, 78, invited News 4's Ali Meyer to her home three weeks ago because she was desperate for help with ...
The Hindu

Telangana rolls out Pulse Polio campaign, vaccinates 38.95 lakh children on first day

Parents carrying infants and toddlers queued up outside the Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) at Borabanda in Hyderabad from as early as 8 a.m. on Saturday (June 27, 2026), waiting for their children ...