Poliomyelitis is an ancient disease that has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide for centuries. Its ...

Paul Alexander spent a staggering seven decades relying on his iron lung for survival. Doctors said “he shouldn't be alive,” after he contracted polio as a six-year-old. But his seven-foot ...

Toronto, with 327 cases of polio thus far last week became the first ... could be intermittently pumped to inflate the patient’s lungs, Superintendent Bower summoned his chief engineer, Harry ...

Helps Polio Victims The electrophrenic respirator ... the electrophrenic method is superior to the "Iron lung" in the treatment of the bulbar variation of the disease. The iron lung is unable ...

Polio is one of the world’s most infectious diseases and until it is wiped out globally, the virus will continue to trigger ...

This summary covers various health news: a Nipah virus death in Kerala, Gaza's polio vaccination coverage success, brain ...

Many people who survived polio suffered lifelong consequences, including paralysis and deformed limbs. Some people whose breathing muscles were paralyzed required “iron lung” chambers to help ...

The first test of a live-attenuated polio vaccine on humans was conducted in 1950 by Hilary Koprowski on 20 disabled children ...