The sister of the last known polio patient in the US to use the life-saving machine spoke to the BBC about her sister's life.

Martha Ann Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient who used an iron lung to survive, has died at age 78 after the machine, which ...

Martha Lillard contracted polio at age five and relied on an iron lung to breathe, but COVID-19 left her dependent on the ...

Martha Ann Lillard, the last polio survivor in the United States who depended on an iron lung, died on June 26. She was 78.

Martha Lillard was diagnosed with polio at age 5. For the past two years, she was in an iron lung nearly 24 hours a day.

Martha Ann Lillard, the last known U.S. polio survivor who relied on an iron lung, has died at age 78. Learn about her ...

Martha Ann Lillard, who spent nearly seven decades living in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, has died at 78.

Lillard, of Oklahoma, contracted polio when she was five and slept inside cylindrical metal device to help her breathe ...