A six-year-old child was put into an iron lung due to polio. More than 70 years later, he becomes world’s oldest survivor | World News
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July 21, 2026
For many, the iron lung belongs in the history books, a symbol of the years before vaccines transformed public health when polio swept through communities. Rows of large metal cylinders once crowded hospital wards, keeping patients alive when damaged…