Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday, August 11th, 2025. This is USA Today's The Excer.

Today, how an Israeli strike killed Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza. Plus, there's a war brewing between medical groups and RFK Jr.

And we talk about grief camp.

A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel

was killed along with four colleagues and others in an Israeli strike in Gaza yesterday.

Israel's military said it targeted and

killed Anas al-Sharif, alleging he had let a Hamas cell and was involved in rocket attacks against

Israel. The news organization Al Jazeera rejected that claim, and Al-Sharif had previously rejected

Israel's claims that he was connected to Hamas. A local freelance reporter was also killed in the airstrike.

The war between Israel and Hamas and Gaza is the deadliest on record for journalists, according

to the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Costs of War Project. And the

Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict.

Experts say a back and forth between Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s

Health and Human Services and the nation's top doctors is creating confusion and

sowing distrust among patients. I spoke with USA Today Health and Wellness reporter Adriana Rodriguez

for more. Adriana, thanks for wellness reporter Adriana Rodriguez for more.

Adriana, thanks for joining me. Thanks for having me. All right, so let's just start with the latest

news around the COVID-19 shot. How did Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy,

Jr., change guidance here. So previous guidance stated that most people would be able to get the COVID shot.

You would be able to go to any pharmacy and get it almost like a flu shot.

Now recommendations have kind of changed.

RFK said that the vaccine is no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant people.

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