Dossier
Shawnee
Coverage of Shawnee in the Nexus archive.
- Martha Lillard, last American to use iron lung, dies at 78
Martha Ann Lillard, the last American to use an iron lung after contracting polio in 1953, died at 78 from long-haul COVID-19. She lived independently for most of her life, volunteered extensively, and created art despite her physical challenges.