COVID-19 Vaccination

Stay Up to Date With COVID-19 Vaccines

10/10/2025: COVID-19 vaccines have been updated for the 2025-26 respiratory illness season. Many pharmacies and some physicians' offices offer COVID-19 vaccine, which reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization due to COVID-19 infection.

Key Points About COVID-19 Vaccine

Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccine guidance from NY State
Everyone ages 6 months and older should get a 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine.
The COVID-19 vaccine helps protect you from severe disease, hospitalization, and death.
It is especially important to get your 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine if you are ages 65 and older, are at high risk for severe COVID-19, or have never received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Vaccine protection decreases over time, so it is important to stay up to date with your COVID-19 vaccine.

Locate a COVID-19 Vaccination Site

Please use the following links to search for vaccine providers near you:
- Find Moderna COVID-19 vaccine locations
- Find Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine locations
List of WNY immunization clinics.
Call your local pharmacies.
Call your healthcare provider or pediatrician.

Related Information and Resources

NYSDOH COVID-19 vaccine website
American Academy of Pediatrics COVID-19 website
Vaccine Information Statements
Vaccine Dictionary (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
WNY Immunization Coalition
Immunization Action Plan (IAP) | Erie County Dept of Health
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) 1-800-822-7967
Report COVID-19 vaccination fraud: 1-833-VAX-SCAM (1-833-829-7226) or STOPVAXFRAUD@health.ny.gov
Erie County Department of Health Covid-19 website

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11/20/2025 - 3:46 pm