ST. LOUIS - In less than a week, 12- to 15-year-olds could be able to get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.

It could impact millions of students before the beginning of the next school year.

Lizzy Buckhold, 14, took a shot at getting inoculated early on.

Signing up for the Pfizer children trial back in January at one of the biggest trials at Clinical Research Professionals in Chesterfield.

Because of those trials, the FDA could authorize the Pfizer vaccine ages 12 to 15 as of next week.

In late March, Pfizer released preliminary results from a vaccine study of 2,260 volunteers. It showed there were no cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents. As for the children who got the placebo, 18 got sick.

Pfizer submitted its data to the FDA about three to four weeks ago.

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