Kevin Sweet (@kevin-sweet.bsky.social)

Last U.S. Polio Survivor in an Iron Lung Dies After the Machine Started to Break Down and They Couldn’t Find Anyone to Repair It Martha Ann Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient who used an iron lung to survive, died of long COVID at age 78. https://people.com/the-last-us-polio-patient-in-iron-lung-dies-78-12016065?hid=20f887b8e27617b129c8a724fe531aeda15d7670&did=24617076-20260710&utm_source=ppl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ppl-news_newsletter&utm_content=071026&utm_term=PM&lctg=20f887b8e27617b129c8a724fe531aeda15d7670&lr_input=987f0271b568e6b46dde475d9d1851706839e361300243a38e1411f96d8d2dba&campaign=18930695