Vaccinating children in a war zone

Full Episode
49:26

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sept. 1, 2024.

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A Palestinian baby in the Gaza Strip contracted polio and is now paralyzed in one leg. It’s Gaza’s first confirmed case of polio in 25 years. International agencies are scrambling to get an estimated 640,000 young kids in the territory vaccinated, requiring a halt in fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas. And, Kenya is getting a nuclear power plant, but those plans are bumping up against local opposition. Plus, there’s a church in Turkey where hundreds of visitors of different faiths come to make a wish on the first of every month. 

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In This Episode

How to vaccinate children in a war zone
4:56
A new kind of honeybee discovered in Europe
4:49
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3:45
A Paralympian teaches people around the world to swim
3:14
The church in Turkey where people go to make wishes
4:54
Controversy over the 1st nuclear power plant in Kenya
6:09
Far-right extremism on the world stage
6:10
Big Ocean breaks barriers as the first K-pop group whose members are hard of hearing
Special Coverage
5:42
Scientists find ancient viruses frozen in a Tibet glacier
6:58