Paralyzed by polio at age six, Paul Alexander spent over 70 years in an iron lung yet defied all odds, graduating law school, writing a memoir, and living a full life until his death in 2024 at ...

Mutter Museum declined to interview, instead they issued a statement explaining how they discovered the babies' skulls were in their possession. But first, a little more about the museum's collection.

Microscopic heist: How lung bacteria forge weapons to steal iron and survive Newly discovered natural compounds from Pandoraea bacteria influence the lung microbiome by competing for iron Date ...

We’re going to higher heights on this week’s show as we explore the mission of Angel Flight East. Two area museums take the spotlight. The Mutter Museum and Historical Medical Library highlight the ...

The Mutter Museum, Angel Flight East, Edelman Fossil Park, Binding Agents & more! We’re going to higher heights on this week's show as we explore the mission of Angel Flight East. Two area ...

Released in 2001, the first Iron Lung demo introduced the duo's ongoing focus on medical themes — complete with a syringe to get the point across.

A total blitz of new DIY/hardcore punk is coming down the pipe from Nevada’s own Iron Lung after more than a decade of radio silence. That’s because on April 18, they’ll be dropping their new album ...

The Seattle-based powerviolence duo Iron Lung cranked out a frantic string of fast, unhinged records in the ’00s and ’10s. It’s been a while since the last full-length, but the band members ...

Before the invention of the polio vaccine, the iron lung supported patients whose lungs were weakened or paralyzed by polio. This is its impact today.

The iron lung has disappeared from modern medicine, but its legacy remains. Here’s why the device fundamentally changed how healthcare providers today tend to patients facing many different kinds of ...

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, home to the Mütter Museum, has hired a former Temple University Health System executive to be its new CEO.