The Federal Register will publish within days the Labor Department's rule requiring private businesses with 100 or more employees to vaccinate them or test them weekly, fulfilling an announcement President Joe Biden made in September.
The single booster dose can be administered at least six months after completion of the second dose and applies only to individuals who previously received the Pfizer vaccine.
Pfizer is working on a new at-home pill that could provide some future relief in the fight against the virus, which is welcome news to people across Kentuckiana.
If the FDA decides to authorize the vaccine, next the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meets to discuss whether the vaccine should be given to Americans and if so, who should get it first.
Baptist Health Louisville said it will start administering Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday.
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Louisville's UPS Worldport on Sunday.
The retail pharmacy chain says it is hiring thousands of nurses, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
The governor announced 3,895 new cases of the coronavirus Thursday, the second-highest number reported since the pandemic began.
Christy Lane hopes her family's participation in the trials will be able to help others.
