Four of the five major health insurers in the U.S. are involved in major mergers and acquisitions discussed over the past few months. The lone exception has been Anthem, which may put the company in a stronger position, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is fighting claims from fired VA Secretary David Shulkin, MD, that the agency is moving toward privatizing veterans’ healthcare, issuing a press release calling such talk “completely false and a red herring designed to distract and avoid honest debate on the real issues."

Amid ongoing controversies involving misuse of information about its users, Facebook has shelved plans to share user data with several major U.S. hospitals. CNBC reported the social media giant had scientists approach organizations, including the American College of Cardiology, about the project.

Radiology staffing shortages are hitting Waikato Hospital in New Zealand. Its workforce problem led a department of health board executive to label the unit as “vulnerable” and has prompted the hospital to look for imaging specialist overseas, according to an April 5 article in Stuff.

Metro Imaging, a radiology practice based out of Creve Coeur, Missouri, founded in 1994, often advertised the fact that it provided much more affordable imaging services than hospitals in the area. Now that it has been acquired by Mercy, a large healthcare system with hospitals throughout the Midwest, could those prices be changing?

A month after initial allegations, the second half of a UPMC radiology duo accused of prescribing illegal painkillers to patients is facing federal charges of healthcare fraud, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported this week.

One Philadelphia-based medical center claims to have discovered a method that can decrease radiation dose during CT scans by 40 percent, CBS Philly has reported.

Sarcopenia, or low muscle mass, occurs in more than one-third of newly diagnosed nonmetastatic breast cancer patients and is associated with higher overall mortality, according to a new study in JAMA Oncology.