Headlines blared in May when U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would stop recommending COVID-19 ...

Medicare Part B covers COVID-19 tests when conducted in laboratories. Part A may cover lab tests if needed in hospital or skilled nursing facility settings. Since 2023, Medicare has no longer covered ...

Lizzy leads STAT’s coverage of the FDA. Her stories explore the relationship between politics and science at the FDA, industry influence, and the agency’s ability to protect and promote public health.

For too many people, getting a COVID-19 vaccine this fall may be unnecessarily fraught, leading some patients unable to get a shot or decide it's too much bother. And that could lead to an increased ...

Most Americans with health insurance should not have to pay out of pocket for Covid-19 vaccines, even after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added an extra hurdle to getting the shot.

Drugstores are gearing up to offer updated COVID-19 vaccines in the fall as cases are on the rise again. Data has recently shown the new Stratus variant has been the predominant strain affecting ...