TAANAYEL, Lebanon, March 11 (UPI) -- A 19-month-old refugee boy from Syria hospitalized in Taanayel, Lebanon, is suspected of having polio, health officials say.
Dr. Zaher Haider, a pediatrician at a Lebanese hospital filled with Syrian refugees, said the boy had already tested negative for meningitis, but World Health Organization officials sent throat and stool samples to Cairo to determine if the boy has polio, NBC News reported.