‘Breakthrough’ lung cancer vaccine in development

Researchers are seeking to develop the world’s first vaccine to prevent lung cancer in people at high risk. Scientists from the University of Oxford, the Francis Crick Institute and University College London (UCL) used something like Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Developing the “LungVax” vaccine, which activates the immune system to kill cancer cells and stop lung … Read more

‘Iron lung man’ dies at 78

Washington — A polio survivor known as the “Iron Lung Man” has died at the age of 78, according to his family and a fundraising website. Paul Alexander of Dallas, Texas, contracted polio when he was six years old, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down and relying on a mechanical respirator to breathe much … Read more