Correction: Islamic State Bride story

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 13 about the health of the child of a U.S.-born woman who joined the Islamic State (topic), The Associated Press reported erroneously that a researcher said she was concerned about the risk from exposure to "vaccinated" children in the camps. It should have said "unvaccinated" children.

A corrected version of the story is below:

Researcher: Son of US-born woman who joined IS group is ill

A researcher is expressing concern to a federal court about the health of a toddler whose U.S.-born mother joined the Islamic State and is now embroiled in a legal battle over whether they can come to the United States

By BEN FOX

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A terrorism researcher has expressed concern to a federal court about the health of a toddler whose U.S.-born mother joined the Islamic State group and is now embroiled in a legal battle over whether the two of them can come to the United States.

Anne Speckhard, director of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism, wrote in a letter submitted to the court Friday that the 20-month-old son of Hoda Muthana was "sickly" and "lethargic" during a recent meeting at a detention camp in Syria. She said the toddler appeared to have chronic bronchitis and "is not behaving like a healthy, normal young child."

Speckhard also noted that Muthana, who fled the Islamic State group as the group's last stronghold crumbled late last year, and her son must endure harsh conditions without access to adequate medical care or medicine. The researcher recommends that the toddler be allowed to join his grandparents in the United States even if he must be separated from his mother while her legal case is decided.

"As a sickly and unvaccinated child, he is also much more vulnerable to any of the...