For many University of New Hampshire (UNH) students, April was the month of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. All became eligible in one way or another, and many received their first or second shot.

In December 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two vaccines recommended to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19), the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and Moderna’s vaccine. Entering the new year with the pandemic still prevalent in everyday life, students and community members alike can inform themselves on both vaccines here.

Hannah Sorensen, junior biomedical science major at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), became one of the first people in New Hampshire to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.

Biopharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech announced on Monday that their coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is more than 90% effective in prevention of the disease.