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Martha Lillard, last U.S. polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

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  • Associated Press

  • July 13, 2026

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    U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Atlanta, Georgia

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    Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland

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    National Institutes of Health
    National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, Maryland

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    University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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    Stanford University
    Stanford University

    Stanford, California

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Martha Lillard, last U.S. polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

  • by Associated Press

  • July 13, 2026

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