A new Covid variant, “Pirola,'' has been spreading and has already been found in several countries including the United States, United Kingdom, India and Canada. Current vaccinations will most likely...
Back to school: a time many students dread. And this upcoming year is no different - except parents might be dreading it too.
This year, the effect of the Universal School Meals Program Act, an...
This year, Mt. Vernon students had the opportunity to travel abroad. Education First partners with Mount Vernon High School to plan trips for students to other countries. The trip to Rome and Greece was...
The history of pandemics is, at least in part, also the history of controversial disease control measures. Yesterday the fashion was exorcisms and bloodletting, and today it is face masks. Masks may seem...
The Greek alphabet is getting tired, and mother nature is not. There will be more variants. Normally, viral evolution follows a single line, each new most competitive variant being a direct descendant...
On Friday, August 7, local family physician Dan Stock offered commentary concerning COVID-19 mitigation protocols to the Mt. Vernon School Board. Stock’s claims were accusatory of state medical institutions...
Mt. Vernon Middle School was the first school in the district to reach the red level on Mt. Vernon Community School Corporation’s Covid-19 Building Zones. On Friday, August 20th they had 25% of their...
Since the start of the Coronavirus, scientists have been rushing to develop a vaccine. In Indiana, the first people to have the opportunity to receive vaccines were healthcare workers and first responders....
Pfizer, a pharmaceutical company, has been paving the way for a COVID-19 vaccine for months.
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) requires at least a 50% efficacy for companies who wanted to submit...
