Martha Ann Lillard died at age 78 following a struggle with long Covid and the breakdown of her iron lung ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly approved. Before vaccines were available, ...

Lillard, of Oklahoma, contracted polio when she was five and slept inside cylindrical metal device to help her breathe ...

Martha Lillard contracted polio at age five and relied on an iron lung to breathe, but COVID-19 left her dependent on the ...

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 ...

That's how Thomas Francis Jr. of the University of Michigan School of Public Health announced the arrival of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine on April 12, 1955, to a stunned and grateful public. "People ...