Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) on Friday signed an executive order backing pharmacists ’ ability to administer COVID-19 vaccine doses broadly in New York.

Hochul, a leading advocate of vaccine mandates during the pandemic, suggested the authorization was necessary because of allegations that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is limiting access to the vaccines, which his department has advised could have harmful side effects, and recently issued recommendations stating the inoculations are not necessary for healthy young people and pregnant women.

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