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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live.
NDTV

Pulse Polio Campaign: Why Does India Need An Immunisation Drive Despite Being Polio-Free?

India's nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign kicked off on Sunday, June 28, 2026. This multi-day public health drive runs from June 28 to June 30, 2026, extending to July 1 in some states, ...
The Hindu

Telangana gears up for Pulse Polio drive targeting 40.97 lakh children on June 28

The Telangana health department will administer Pulse Polio vaccine drops to around 40.97 lakh children below the age of five across the State on Sunday, June 28, as part of the nationwide ...
The Scientist

Polio Vaccine History: The Shot That Saved Millions

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that ...
The Lancet

Environmental surveillance of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 outbreak in Israel between 2022 and 2023: a genomic epidemiology study

aCentral Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel bThe Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, ...
The Lancet

Novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 is an important eradication tool, but reaching every last child remains vital

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia ...