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FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 file photo, medical staff prepare a coffin for a body of a patient who died of coronavirus at the morgue of the city hospital 1 in Rivne, 300 kilometers (190 miles) west of Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine is suffering through a surge in coronavirus infections, along with other parts of Eastern Europe and Russia. While vaccines are plentiful, there is a widespread reluctance to get them in many countries - though notable exceptions include the Baltic nations, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Vaccine reluctance in Eastern Europe brings high COVID cost

Vaccine reluctance in Eastern Europe brings high COVID cost
FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 file photo, medical staff prepare a coffin for a body of a patient who died of coronavirus at the morgue of the city hospital 1 in Rivne, 300 kilometers (190 miles) west of Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine is suffering through a surge in coronavirus infections, along with other parts of Eastern Europe and Russia. While vaccines are plentiful, there is a widespread reluctance to get them in many countries - though notable exceptions include the Baltic nations, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Indonesia warily weighs holiday travel with virus concerns
People watch the sun rise on Sanur Beach in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Indonesians are looking ahead warily toward the upcoming holiday travel season, anxious for critical tourist spending but at the same time worried that an influx of millions of visitors could lead to a new coronavirus wave just as the pandemic seems to be getting better. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Australia advises caution overseas when border opens Monday
FILE - In this April 19, 2021, file photo, passengers from New Zealand are welcomed as they arrive at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia. Australia advised international travelers on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, to
Is it OK to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic?
Is it safe to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
Bill would remove 'conscience' as basis for refusing vaccine
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces a new round of COVID-19-related emergency housing assistance, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, at Abundant Faith Christian Center in Springfield, Ill.. Pritzker says he supports changing the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act to allow employers and others to bar people who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Pritzker says the act, which prevents forced medical treatment on those who have conscientious objections,
Specialist explains how COVID-19 impacts people with heart conditions
Specialist explains how COVID-19 impacts people with heart conditions
Super Bowl snacks: What a nutritionist wants you to know
Super Bowl snacks: What a nutritionist wants you to know
Local specialist encourages public to get thyroid checked
Local specialist encourages public to get thyroid checked
UndocuHealth: Staying grounded through traditional practices
UndocuHealth: Staying grounded through traditional practices
New Zealand eases quarantine but won't welcome tourists yet
New Zealand's COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins gestures during a press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Hipkins said that from next month, most people arriving in New Zealand would need to spend seven days in a quarantine hotel run by the military, half the previous requirement. (Robert Kitchin/Pool Photo via AP)
Judge won't stop vaccine mandate for NYC cops, other workers
New York City municipal workers protest outside City Hall against the coming COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in New York. New York City employees are required to show proof of at least one vaccine dose by Friday, Oct. 29. (AP Photo/Timothy Fadek)
California virus cases stop falling, governor urges caution
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster shot from California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly at Asian Health Services in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19
FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. According to a study released in The Lancet Global Health on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, Fluvoxamine, a cheap antidepressant, reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP)
Flouting White House, Florida penalizes school districts
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of a monoclonal antibody site Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 said he will call state lawmakers back to work early to pass legislation to combat coronavirus vaccine mandates enacted by businesses. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
New Orleans drops mask mandate as coronavirus numbers fall
A float rolls down the street as part of the Krewe of Boo parade on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)
Report: At least 59,000 meat workers caught COVID, 269 died
FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo workers wait in line to enter the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind. At least 59,000 meatpacking workers became ill with COVID-19 and 269 workers died when the virus tore through the industry last year, which is significantly more than previously thought, according to a new U.S. House report released Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
FDA sets stronger safety warnings for breast implants
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2006 file photo, a silicone gel breast implant is shown at Mentor Corp., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, in Irving, Texas. On Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, U.S. health regulators finalized stronger warnings for breast implants, including a new requirement that people receive detailed information about their potential risks and complications before getting them. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, file)
East Texas ex-nurse gets death penalty for killing patients
Stacey Abrams group donates $1.34M to wipe out medical debts
FILE - Stacey Abrams speaks during a church service in Norfolk, Va., Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. A political organization led by the Democratic titan is branching out into paying off medical debts. Fair Fight Action on Wednesday, Oct. 27 told The Associated Press that it is donating $1.34 million from its political action committee to wipe out debt owed by 108,000 people in Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Theme park mecca lets pandemic emergency order expire
WHO: Europe had most COVID-19 cases, deaths over last week
FILE - In this April 15, 2020 file photo, the logo and building of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The U.N. health agency says Europe stood out as the only major region worldwide to report an increase in both coronavirus cases and deaths over the last week, with double-digit percentage increases in each. The World Health Organization said Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 that cases in its 53-country European region, which includes former Soviet republics in Central Asia, recorded an 18% increase in COVID-19 cases over the last week. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, file)
Researchers worry about Census' gap in 2020 survey data
Construction continues on new student housing beside the University of Alabama, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. College communities such as Tuscaloosa are exploring their options for contesting the results of the 2020 census, which they say do not accurately reflect how many people live there. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
Spain to give different booster to strengthen J&J vaccine
Young women boycott UK nightclubs over 'spiking' concerns
Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy
Amy McCoy reads a book to preschoolers as they finish their lunch at her Forever Young Daycare facility, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. Child care centers once operated under the promise that it would always be there when parents have to work. Now, each teacher resignation, coronavirus exposure, and day care center closure reveals an industry on the brink, with wide-reaching implications for an entire economy's workforce. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Slovenia eyes possible lockdown as COVID-19 infections surge
FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 file photo, medical workers wearing protective gear wait to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, at Belgrade Fair makeshift vaccination center, Serbia. Slovenia's health minister on Wednesday, Oct. 27 warned the country could face a nightmare scenario if it does not contain its coronavirus outbreak, which is coming amid a surge in infections in low-vaccination countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Serbian doctors said children and small babies are among those on ventilation, and heath authorities are considering bringing some school classes online instead of in-person. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
Merck agrees to let other drug makers make its COVID pill
FILE - In this undated file image provided by Merck & Co. shows their new antiviral medication. The pharmaceutical Merck has agreed to allow other drugmakers worldwide to make its COVID-19 treatment, the first pill that has been shown to be effective against the disease, in a move aimed at helping millions of people in poorer countries access to the drug. In a statement on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool said it had signed a voluntary licensing agreement for molnupiravir with Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. (Merck & Co. via AP, File)
Millions of unused cloth masks remain in storage in Japan
FILE - In this May 4, 2020, file photo, then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe removes a face mask before speaking at a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo. Nearly 83 million, or nearly one-third, of unpopular cloth masks that were too small and old-fashioned and remembered as
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