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What Is Vaccine Equity? Why Global Citizens Should Care Vaccine equity — the equitable distribution of vaccines worldwide — is essential to ending infectious diseases that spread rapidly between countries. The United Nations’ Global Goal 3 calls for good health and well-being for all, which cannot be achieved if countries adopt a mentality of vaccine nationalism rather than supporting the global response. You can join us in taking action on this issue here. Within a year of the first reported case of COVID-19, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine became the first fully tested immunization to b...

Montgomery County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Dr. Earl Stoddard. Via Montgomery County Flickr. Montgomery County has received 61 requests from retail stores asking for approval to allow more than 150 customers, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Dr. Earl Stoddard said at a media briefing Tuesday. In the county, retail capacity is limited to one person per 200 square feet. Large retail stores that want to allow more than 150 customers are required to have a letter of approval beginning Wednesday at 5 p.m. Requests for approval had to be submitted by 5 p...