Polio Case In Us

Paul Alexander faced many challenges since he was born in 1946. He endured the worst polio outbreak in US history with almost 58,000 cases - mostly children.

The iron lung employs a technique called "frog breathing," which uses the throat muscles to force air past the vocal cords.

The developments are leading experts to fear that polio, once one of the most feared diseases in America but now endemic to just a couple of developing countries, may wreak devastation stateside again.

The United States on Thursday reported its first case of polio in almost a decade.

Paul Alexander faced many challenges since he was born in 1946. He endured the worst polio outbreak in US history with almost 58,000 cases - mostly children.

The iron lung employs a technique called "frog breathing," which uses the throat muscles to force air past the vocal cords.

The developments are leading experts to fear that polio, once one of the most feared diseases in America but now endemic to just a couple of developing countries, may wreak devastation stateside again.

The United States on Thursday reported its first case of polio in almost a decade.