The polio survivor, famed for spending more than 70 years inside an iron lung, died Monday in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 78. While an official cause of death hasn’t been publicly disclosed, ...

Polio is a contagious viral illness that can lead to paralysis, making its complete eradication important to protect every child from lifelong disability, a mission recognised each year on World Polio ...

Martha Ann Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient who used an iron lung to survive, has died at age 78 after the machine, which ...