COVID test supply shortage hampers free, at-home testing program

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A recently passed federal policy requires health insurance providers to cover the costs of at-home COVID-19 tests, WBRZ reports. However, pharmacists, insurers and even politicians like Mayor Sharon Weston Broome say the free tests are in short supply here in Louisiana and across the country. “They’re leading people to believe that after Jan. 15, they

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