Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78
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"Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 25 articles from 25 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Springfield News-Sun, Latest news from Azerbaijan, geneonline.com and STAT. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by Newsylist's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 41d ago.
The reporting (29)
- Obit Martha Lillard Springfield News-Sun · 44d ago
- Last U.S. iron lung polio survivor Martha Lillard dies at 78 Latest news from Azerbaijan · 44d ago
- Martha Lillard, Last Known U.S. Iron Lung User, Dies at 78 geneonline.com · 44d ago
- Martha Lillard, last U.S. polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma STAT · 44d ago
- Last US polio patient using an iron lung to survive dies in Oklahoma The Independent · 44d ago
- Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma WMTW · 44d ago
- Martha Lillard, last known US polio survivor using iron lung, dies aged 78 The Guardian · 45d ago
- Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma KCRA · 45d ago
- Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies The Times of India · 45d ago
- Oklahoma woman, the last American in an iron lung, dies at 78 KFOR.com · 45d ago
- Last American to use an iron lung dies at 78 years old after childhood polio diagnosis Fox News · 45d ago
- Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 45d ago
- Last U.S. polio patient with an iron lung dies at 78 in Oklahoma NBC News · 45d ago
- Martha Lillard, last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, dies at 78 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · 45d ago
- Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma CNN · 45d ago
- Oklahoma woman Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dead at 78 New York Post · 46d ago
- Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma AP News · 46d ago
- The remarkable life story behind America’s last iron lung user Cleveland.com · 46d ago
- Last U.S. Polio Survivor in an Iron Lung Dies After the Machine Began to Break Down and No One Could Repair It Yahoo · 46d ago
- Last American in Iron Lung Dies at 78 Newser · 47d ago
- Martha Lillard, last American to use iron lung, dies at 78 WSOC TV · 47d ago
- Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78 KRON4 · 47d ago
- Last U.S. Polio Survivor in an Iron Lung Dies After the Machine Began to Break Down and No One Could Repair It People.com · 47d ago
- Martha Lillard, last American to use iron lung, dies at 78 KIRO 7 News Seattle · 48d ago
- The last living woman with an "iron lung" died in the USA Наша Ніва · 48d ago
- Martha Lillard, last American using iron lung, dies in Shawnee KOSU · 48d ago
- Oklahoma woman, the last American in an iron lung, dies at 78 KFOR.com · 48d ago
- Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78 NewsNation · 48d ago
- Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78 KXAN Austin · 48d ago broke it first
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