Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday signed an executive order that will allow pharmacists to administer COVID vaccines, providing access for all New Yorkers who wish to be vaccinated.

The executive order will be in place for at least 30 days while a long-term legislative solution is developed to address access to all vaccines after the Food and Drug Administration limited approval for the shots to adults 65 and older or those who are "high risk" for severe disease. The changes were announced on X on Aug. 27 by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The executive order allows physicians and nurse practitioners to issue patient-specific or non-patient-specific orders to pharmacists for patients as young as age three, expands pharmacists’ authority to administer v

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