In the mid-20th century, community spaces like swimming pools and sporting events became a source of anxiety for parents who were frightened by the rampant spread of poliovirus. Their concerns weren’t ...

Aug. 16—EAST GRAND FORKS — For Sidney Berard, 94, the iron lung displayed during the recent Heritage Days in East Grand Forks ignited vivid memories from more than 70 years ago. Berard was among a ...

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 ...

Glenn Pueppke, an Erie, N.D., farmer, has had his share of grief. He wrote Neighbors about it after seeing this column asking if anyone could identify with the iron lung machine. Here's his story: ...

The tank respirator or “iron lung” was a medical device used to help patients with respiratory problems—specifically to help polio patients breathe when the virus reached the stage that muscles in the ...

I am a registered nurse and am also old enough to remember standing in a line to get a polio vaccine, then later, as a registered nurse, caring for patients in an iron lung. Vaccines have been an ...

In May, surgeons at USC and UCLA collaborated to perform the world’s first-in-human bladder transplant. Currently, when a bladder fails or needs to be removed, doctors create a “neobladder” using a ...