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People wearing face masks walks past a beggar at a downtown street in Hong Kong, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

The Latest: Hong Kong to ease some travel, social limits

The Latest: Hong Kong to ease some travel, social limits
People wearing face masks walks past a beggar at a downtown street in Hong Kong, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Indonesia satisfied with effectiveness of Chinese vaccine
Chinese residents, some wearing masks, pass by a coronavirus vaccination center in Beijing Friday, April 9, 2021. In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
New Mexico governor set to sign recreational marijuana bill
Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks following the end of New Mexico's annual legislative session on Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
Small but quick: Bhutan vaccinates 93% of adults in 16 days
Face masks for use as precaution against coronavirus are displayed for sale at a shop in Thimpu, Bhutan, Monday, April 12, 2021. The tiny Himalayan kingdom wedged between India and China has vaccinated nearly 93% of its adult population since March 27. Overall, the country has vaccinated 62% of its 800,000 people. (AP Photo)
Czechs start to ease lockdown, youngest kids back to schools
A young boy undergoes rapid COVID-19 test before entering his class at a kindergarten in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, April 12, 2021. The Czech government has agreed to start easing the tight lockdown in one of the hardest-hit European countries and has given a green light for at least some children to return to schools. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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
Asia Today: India records another surge in COVID-19 cases
Workers clean the steps as thousands of devotees arrive to take holy dips in the Ganges River during Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, one of the most sacred pilgrimages in Hinduism, in Haridwar, northern state of Uttarakhand, India, Monday, April 12, 2021. Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered by the Ganges River for special prayers Monday, many of them flouting social distancing practices as the coronavirus spreads in India with record speed. (AP Photo/Karma Sonam)
Chilly weather doesn't dampen UK joy at lockdown easing
People enjoy a drink at Borough Market in London, Monday, April 12, 2021. Millions of people in England will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting road map. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Tokyo adopts tougher virus rules, starts vaccinating elders
An elderly man receives his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at Hachioji City Hall in Tokyo Monday, April 12, 2021. Japan started its vaccination drive with medical workers and expanded Monday to older residents, with the first shots being given in about 120 selected places around the country. (Kyodo News via AP)
Danes vaccinate 100,000 people in a day to test system
A person receives the COVID-19 vaccine as members of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra play at the vaccination center in Arena Nord in Frederikshavn, Jutland, Denmark, Monday April 12, 2021. (Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
Thailand sees record new infections ahead of major festival
People wait for the the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccination in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, April 12, 2021. Thailand's Health Ministry warned Sunday that restrictions may need to be tightened to slow the spread of a fresh coronavirus wave, as the country hit a daily record for new cases. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Greece pins hopes on mandatory home testing, opens schools
A high school student sits inside a classroom at Glyfada, suburb west of Athens, Monday, April 12, 2021. Home tests have been distributed to teachers and students aged 16-18, as authorities reopened high schools for students in the final three grades on Monday. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Huge gatherings at India's Hindu festival as virus surges
Devotees take holy dips in the river Ganges during Shahi snan or a Royal bath at Kumbh mela, in Haridwar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Monday, April 12, 2021. As states across India are declaring some version of a lockdown to battle rising Covid cases as part of a nationwide second-wave, thousands of pilgrims are gathering on the banks of the river Ganga for the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela. The faithful believe that a dip in the waters of the Ganga will absolve them of their sins and deliver them from the cycle of birth and death. (AP Photo/Karma Sonam)
US colleges divided over requiring student vaccinations
Kent State University student Marz Anderson gets his Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination from Kent State nurse Beth Krul in Kent, Ohio, Thursday, April 8, 2021. U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should - or legally can - require it. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Unusual treatment shows promise for kids with brain tumors
This 2016 photo provided by the family shows Jake Kestler, center, with his parents, Gallite and Josh, and his sister, Lily, a month before he was diagnosed with brain cancer. Jake received a genetically-modified virus-based treatment for the cancer when he was 12.
Top Chinese official admits vaccines have low effectiveness
Gao Fu, director of the China Centers for Disease Control, speaks at the National Vaccines and Health conference in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, April 10, 2021. In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, Gao the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost. (Chinatopix Via AP)
The Latest: Michigan pushing for more vaccines amid spike
Registered medical assistant Jennifer Roberts prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, at InterCare Community Health Network, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Benton Harbor, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Pubs, hairdressers set to reopen as UK eases virus lockdown
Final touches are made to a window display in a Primark store on Oxford Street, central London, Sunday April 11, 2021. Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting roadmap. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication
FILE - This Sept. 22, 2010 file photo shows bottles of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 in Des Moines, Iowa. In 2021, about 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication - rather than surgery - and that option has become all the more pivotal during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Brazil's virus outlook darkens amid vaccine supply snags
Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) workers Gabrielle Carlos, top, and Joao Vericimo, move a COVID-19 patient to an ambulance as he is transferred to a municipal hospital dedicated to COVID-19 in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
EU and COVID-19: When a vaccine only adds to the trouble
FILE - In this March 24, 2021 file photo, a woman receives a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, during a mass vaccination campaign at San Pedro Hospital, in Logrono, northern Spain. While some non-European Union nations were speeding ahead with emergency use authorizations for vaccines, the EU's drug regulator moved more slowly - and hasn't caught up. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)
Las Vegas family awarded $29.5M in allergic reaction case
Marchers protest Romania's virus restrictions as cases soar
People protest outside the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Marchers took to the streets Saturday in the Romanian capital of Bucharest to protest restrictive measures to fight the spread of COVID-19 even as new daily infections and deaths rose in the European Union nation. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
The Latest: Lawmakers aim to limit state emergency powers
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, file photo, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection in Topeka, Kan. In March 2021, Kelly enacted a law giving legislative leaders power to revoke her emergency orders. Top Republican lawmakers immediately used it to scuttle a Kelly order meant to encourage counties to keep mask mandates in place. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Iran enforces 10-day lockdown amid fourth wave of pandemic
People walk through closed Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Iran, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Iran on Saturday imposed partial lockdown on businesses in major shopping centers as well as intercity travels through personal cars in major cities including capital Tehran as it struggles with the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in the Mideast region. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Flu season hits New Mexico
Flu season hits New Mexico
Study: Students get more concussions in P.E. than sports
Study: Students get more concussions in P.E. than sports
More West Nile cases reported in New Mexico
More West Nile cases reported in New Mexico
Working out while pregnant can make labor easier, expert says
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NM requires students to be up-to-date on vaccines before school begins
NM requires students to be up-to-date on vaccines before school begins
New Mexico expands medical marijuana program
New Mexico expands medical marijuana program
Local doctor warns about contagiousness of measles
Local doctor warns about contagiousness of measles
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