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 Scott Lincicome at the US think tank Cato ...

Polio is a debilitating disease that invades the body’s nervous system ... of thousands of people globally every year. The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the ...

On a July afternoon in 1952, a 6-year-old boy ran outside in a Dallas suburb to cool off in a summer downpour. He splashed in ...

The iron lung, a machine that once symbolized the fight against polio, became Alexander's constant companion. Yet, it was his unyielding resolve that defined his existence. "In this time, Paul ...

Their concerns weren’t unfounded. Polio is a debilitating disease that invades the body’s nervous system, and prior to the invention of the polio vaccine, it claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands ...