Syria's polio outbreak could resurrect a once-rare disease

The Zaatari refugee camp in Northern Jordan, home to many who have fled war-ravaged Syria. Syria's bloody civil war took an even deadlier turn last month, when experts confirmed a polio outbreak in the country's eastern region. The flare-up, Syria's first in 14 years, has triggered an urgent response from aid groups, which are trying to stymie the virus through a massive vaccination drive across the Middle East. But experts warn that such efforts may not stop polio from extending well beyond the region, jeopardizing a global campaign that has pushed the virus to the brink of elimination.

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