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‘Polio Paul’ Alexander, who spent 72 years inside iron lung, dead at 78
NY Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA polio survivor who spent more than seven decades living inside an iron long has died at 78. Paul...
Covid, monkeypox, polio: Summer of viruses reflects travel, warming trends
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 13 years as an infectious-disease doctor in the suburbs of New York City, Azfar Chak has fought...
‘Polio Paul’ Alexander’s sad final days revealed as he battled COVID inside iron lung — before death...
NY Post via Yahoo News· 3 months ago"Polio Paul" Alexander, who died Monday at 78, spent his final days battling COVID while struggling...
State seeks scoop on poop to keep watch on flu, RSV, polio, other pathogens
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew York state health officials are investing millions in a community source that’s flush with...
The particulars of polio: Is the dreaded disease coming back?
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 13—As improbable as it initially sounded last month, polio just might be making a resurgence across the U.S. and the world. To understand what that means emotionally, as well as clinically ...
Polio vaccine: How to find your records state by state
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter poliovirus was found in wastewater in three New York counties, some people have tried to...
6 things the US should learn about fighting disease from countries like Finland, Canada, and Brazil
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the US, medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy for consumers.Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty...
Paul Alexander: ‘Man in the iron lung’ dies after living in tank for 70 years
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA man who lived inside an ‘iron lung’ for seven decades after contracting polio as a child has died....
Gov. Hochul takes new steps to fight polio amid outbreak in New York: ‘An imminent threat to public...
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoNew York State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett declared polio as an “immediate threat to public...
Sewer clues: How NY wastewater samples revealed polio's silent spread
Times Herald-Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMIDDLETOWN − The hunt for polio starts in an unlikely and less-than-desirable place: a closet-sized room where twice a week, workers siphon off 250 milliliters of the roughly 5.5 million gallons ...