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 ...

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 ...

Known by millions on social media as “Polio Paul," Paul Alexander of Dallas was forced to live most of his life in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child. To stream KVUE on your phone, you ...

“Polio Paul” Alexander spent his final days battling COVID while struggling to eat and drink, his social media manager has revealed. The polio survivor, famed for spending more than 70 years inside an ...

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 ...

DALLAS — The family of Paul Alexander, the longest living iron lung patient in history, is hoping the machine that helped Paul can be salvaged for another purpose. Alexander, 78, died last week after ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For 72 years, Paul Alexander lived most of his life in and out of an iron lung, after contracting the polio virus when he was 6-years-old and lost the ability to breathe on his own. A ...