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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live.…

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This is a stored Optics snapshot.It preserves the source map and wording analysis from 7/11/2026, 1:40:42 AM.

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What happenedMartha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live.….
What changedThe headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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0WORDING GAP

2 sources · 2 bias buckets · Low confidence

Mostly same. The outlets agree on the core event. The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.

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Jul 11, 12:58 AM: Philadelphia Inquirer joined the source map.

Jul 11, 1:00 AM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 0/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live.…

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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma

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