Before the invention of the polio vaccine, the iron lung supported patients whose lungs were weakened or paralyzed by polio. This is its impact today.

“He shouldn't be alive,” doctors said as six-year-old polio-stricken Paul Alexander lay flat inside his seven foot long ventilator – nicknamed his iron lung. Paul, 78, from Dallas, Texas ...

In an exclusive clip shared with RadioTimes.com, Shelagh is caring for a patient in an iron lung and discusses his treatment with his wife Betty, while also praising her for all the hard work she has ...

The polio survivor, Paul Alexander, lived inside an iron lung for 70 years. But what is an iron lung and how does it work. Video by Sanjana Bhambhani Travel reporter Nick Qwek visits Malaysian ...

The iron lung was an invention that helped keep thousands of sufferers alive, by breathing for those who had lost the ability through the degenerative effects of the disease. A small handful of ...

Two Kansas counties are reporting active cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the largest reported outbreak of the respiratory ...

The iron lung was an invention that helped keep thousands of sufferers alive, by breathing for those who had lost the ability through the degenerative effects of the disease. A small handful of ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...