Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

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Israeli forces fired shots at a food distribution site in Gaza after people, many of whom face the threat of starvation, had overrun the place. The incident happened on the first day that a new U.S.-based system distributed humanitarian aid. The U.S. government has updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidelines. The shot is no longer recommended for healthy children or healthy pregnant women. But independent health experts are voicing concerns. And thousands of children of ISIS fighters are stuck in Syrian detention camps.

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0:00.0	Israeli forces fired shots at a food distribution site in Gaza.
0:06.8	People at risk of starvation had overrun the place.
0:09.7	What does the incident say about a new U.S.-backed system to distribute aid?
0:13.5	I'm Steve Inskeep with Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.6	The United States updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidelines.
0:25.6	The shot is no longer recommended for children or pregnant women who are otherwise healthy.
0:30.7	Health experts had given different advice, so what does this mean for you and your family?
0:35.3	And thousands of children of ISIS fighters are stuck in Syrian detention camps.
0:39.9	The U.S. government wants to get them out because officials think the longer they stay,
0:43.4	the higher the chances of radicalization.
0:45.6	The older the children get, the more likely that they're going to buy into the ideology there.
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