New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that state has released its 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccine guidance. RELATED: Gov. Hochul signs executive order expanding COVID vaccine access in NY The guidance now recommends COVID vaccination for children that are between 6 months and 18 years old,

But the recommendations on COVID-19 vaccines are coming late this year, about three weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the latest versions of the shots. They're also coming from a newly overhauled committee that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stacked with vaccine skeptics.

In addition to New York, the group, known as the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland and New York City.

New York and a consortium of other northeastern states issued their own Covid-19 vaccine recommendations on Thursday in response to the federal government’s restrictions to the immunizations.

Which pharmacy chains are ordering and administering the new COVID vaccine in NY under Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order?

A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. met in Atlanta for two days this week to consider various vaccine recommendations.

Covid is rising, what to know about vaccine recommendations, peak mosquito season, and a Legionnaires' outbreak in Westchester County. Here's the latest from Your Local Epidemiologist New York.

Currently, no federal statute prevents people from traveling to another state to receive a COVID vaccine. Individual states have their own policies and restrictions, however—and where you get the shot may affect insurance coverage. If you plan to travel across state lines, check with the pharmacy in that state as well as your insurance company.