Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78

devastating long-term effect of the poliovirus.

She got COVID-19 twice, then shingles, and suffered from long-haul COVID-19.

For the past eight months, she’s been in the pressure chamber 24 hours a day.

Like her own body, the iron lung started to break down.

“Some of the parts are from … the 1940s, and they’re hard to locate,” McVey said. “We have a spare continue reading …