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Upper Merion High's Student Newspaper

Andrew Chen

Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines: What’s the Difference?

COVID-19 has taken away friends and family from many Americans, and it’s beginning to seem like the quarantine will never end. That would be the case if, of course, we didn’t have science and modern medicine. There’s 2 vaccines available…

Does Mouthwash really help against COVID-19?

Recently a study on COVID-19 has shown that human coronaviruses are inactivated after 30 seconds of exposure to Listerine™ mouthwash. Is this a breakthrough, or just another false hope like hydroxychloroquine? Let’s break it down. The study researched the effects…

COVID-19 Vaccines

As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the world, scientists have worked against the clock to produce a safe and effective vaccine. These vaccines can largely be separated into 3 major categories.  Inactivated vaccines Viral Vector based vaccines Molecule-based vaccines The…