BUFFALO, N.Y. — Do you now need a prescription to get the Covid vaccine in New York? It's a question 2 On Your Side has been asked since the Food and Drug Administration came out with new guidelines last week .

CVS told 2 On Your Side that you do have to have a prescription for the vaccine in New York, but Walgreens said you should ask your pharmacist.

We asked Dr. Thomas Russo to clear things up for us today.

According to Dr. Thomas Russo, the Chief of Infectious Disease at both U.B. and the V.A. in Western New York, the approval process for vaccines is a two-step process. Step one, the FDA licenses the vaccine. That happened last week for people 65 and older and for those six months to 64-years-old with an underlying condition that puts them at an increased risk of developing severe

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