'You can see how Mr. Alexander lives in the iron lung in the video below.The giant tank-shaped machine placed in the middle of the room is the iron lung containing Mr. Alexander. In his later years, he began spending most of his time in an iron lung, but in 2020 he published his autobiography , Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung , and in January 2023 he became an ironlungman . Mr. Alexander was diagnosed with the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in late February 2024 and was hospitalized, as reported by his social media manager. Later, on the GoFundMe page of the crowdfunding site set up to support Mr. Alexander, it was reported that Mr. Alexander had passed away on March 11th. Today, airway inserts and face mask ventilators are provided to polio patients who need help breathing.

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Russian president Vladimir Putin has said his country is 'technically' ready for a nuclear war, in a warning to the west amid growing tensions over the war in Ukraine. Speaking ahead of Russia's election, Putin also warned that the presence of foreign military contingents in Ukraine, and the delivery of arms to Kyiv, could lead to 'serious geopolitical consequences'

The US and the UK are known for their advanced evidence-based policymaking (EBPM), but how is EBPM progressing in these two countries? Evidence-based policymaking in the United StatesIn the US, the Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016 was enacted in March 2016. Under the Trump administration, however, evidence-based policymaking was plunged into jeopardy. Its final report was issued in September 2017, paving the way for the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, to be enacted in January 2019. Evidence-based policymaking in the United KingdomIn the UK, analytical professions, including government economists, play a major role in EBPM.

Expert picks are back for the Australian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday, when Rafael Nadal faces Denis Shapovalov and Matteo Berrettini meets Gael Monfils. If he wins this one, the Spaniard will run into either Matteo Berrettini or Gael Monfils instead of Novak Djokovic in the semis. He is now 7-0 this season with a title at the Melbourne 250 and four convincing wins at this Aussie Open. Shapovalov is dangerous, but he probably doesn’t have the consistency to topple Nadal in a best-of-five situation. Their only previous Grand Slam encounter (2019 U.S. Open quarterfinals) went to a fifth-set tiebreaker.

NHS England has confirmed that puberty-blocking drugs will no longer be ‘routinely commissioned’ for gender-confused children. June’s interim guidelines on the ban have now been amended and adopted as policy by NHS England on the grounds that there is insufficient evidence to support the safe or effective use of puberty suppressing hormones for under-18s. The announcement comes following consideration of the Cass Review on clinical practice at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust’s Gender Identity Development Service. Evidence-basedHealth Minister Maria Caulfield said: “We have always been clear that children’s safety and wellbeing is paramount, so we welcome this landmark decision by the NHS. NHS England states that some children and young people “may be eligible for enrolment in clinical research” that would provide access to puberty blockers and that the drugs may still be prescribed in “exceptional” circumstances.

Britain signed a trade agreement with Texas on Wednesday after it failed to secure a post-Brexit deal with the wider United States. UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the agreement in London. Rather than a formal trade deal, the Texas signing is akin to a memorandum of understanding designed to improve co-operation between UK businesses and peers in the US state. Some trade deals have been signed, including with faster-growing economies such as Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. The UK also joined 11 Asia-Pacific countries who are members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has sparked a fresh row by refusing to allow Diane Abbott to ask a question during a heated session of prime minister’s questions, which was dominated by discussion of a Conservative donor’s comments about her. Abbott had sought to ask a question throughout the 35-minute session, during which MPs debated the comments made about her by Frank Hester, the Conservatives’ biggest donor. The Guardian revealed earlier this week that Hester once said Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women' and that she 'should be shot', comments the MP has called 'frightening'. Hoyle provoked groans in the chamber, however, by ending the session without having called on her – even after the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, and Stephen Flynn, the Scottish National party leader in Westminster, both used their questions to raise the controversy

Rio Ferdinand brutally blasted a TNT Sports viewer's comment live on-air during a time-burning segment ahead of Wednesday's Champions League fixtures. As Laura Woods, Joe Cole and Ferdinand looked at viewers' bold opinions sent in via X (formerly Twitter), the final entry irked the Manchester United legend. Woods hosted TNT Sports' coverage of Atleti vs Inter, in which the visitors boast a 1-0 advantage after Marko Arnautovic's second-half winner in the San Siro first leg. During the first part of the programme, punditry duo Cole and Ferdinand discussed viewers' bold opinions on social media. He added: "Honourable mention: clubs should fine players a week's wages for hitting the first man with a corner."

“The rats eating our marijuana, they’re all high,” Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told New Orleans City Council members. The police department did not immediately respond to an emailed request Wednesday for more information on how they discovered marijuana was eaten by rats or whether any cases were impacted. The chief said her 910 officers come to work to find air-conditioning and elevators broken. She told council members the conditions are demoralising to staff and a turnoff to potential recruits coming for interviews. “The uncleanliness is off the charts,” Ms Kirkpatrick said, adding that it’s no fault of the department’s janitorial staff.

The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has told a parliamentary committee that Frank Hester's comments about the MP Diane Abbott were despicable but defended the decision by the Conservatives to continue accepting donations from the businessman. Hunt said: 'I don’t believe that someone should be cancelled for a comment they made in the past and for which they have apologised.' Hester, who is the Tories’ biggest donor, said in a 2019 meeting that he did not hate all black women but that seeing Abbott on TV meant 'you just want to hate all black women because she’s there'.

There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston ChurchillThere is one legitimarte use for puberty blockers, for children who start puberty at an extremely young age, long before they should. It is very rare condition, usually caused by a problem in the pituitary gland, but does need medical treatment. This is what the drugs were intended for, not preparing kids to be sexually mutilated.

Stephen Flynn, the SNP leader at Westminster, rejected Rishi Sunak's decision to forgive the Conservative's biggest donor, Frank Hester, after it emerged he had said that the then Labour MP Diane Abbott 'should be shot' and she made him 'want to hate all black women'. 'He wasn’t rude. He was racist. He was odious, and he was downright bloody dangerous,' Flynn said in parliament, suggesting the government should address extremism in the Conservative party and return Hester's donations. Downing Street has called Hester's remarks 'racist and wrong' after senior politicians from across the political spectrum piled pressure on the prime minister to intervene

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is 'man-made', the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has told United Nations security council members, adding that starvation was being used as a tool of war. Borrell reiterated the EU's condemnation of the Hamas attack that took place on 7 October and emphasised Israel's right to defend itself. But he said this must be done in full respect of international law and humanitarian law

Doctors' appointments, job applications, personal banking, key services and more are today mostly managed online. While the UK government details its plans for a digital future to transform public services, one in seven Britons are forced to live without the internet. This film is voiced by three individuals experiencing digital exclusion, revealing how varied and complex the repercussions can be. Through enacted scenes from their lives, it makes visible the expanding digital divide – an issue too often unseen or ignored by policy makers, businesses and society at large.