Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota filed a class-action lawsuit against Vyera Pharmaceuticals — the rebranded company of Martin Shkreli's Turing Pharmaceuticals — and its parent Phoenixus for allegedly illegally pricing its antimalarial medication.

Here are three deals involving health plans that have been announced since the last week in February:

Ballad Health is investing $60 million in a new pediatric care network, the Johnson City, Tenn.-based health system said March 4. 

The stress and isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to worsening symptoms among those with eating disorders, CBS News reported March 5. 

Ivermectin, a drug that is typically used to treat parasitic worms but has been used widely against COVID-19, doesn't speed recovery of patients with mild cases of the disease, a study published March 4 in JAMA found. 

Frodtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network and Advocate Aurora Health are founding members of a new health equity collaboration in Wisconsin focused on alleviating social determinants of health challenges in patient care, according to a March 4 news release. 

In the past five years, Google has increased its health-related job postings, continuing its push into the healthcare industry.

Saint Alphonsus Health System and Saint Agnes Medical Center, both part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, confirmed March 4 that a recent email hacking incident has exposed some patients' personal information. 

The following leadership moves by women have been reported since Feb. 26:

About 16.3 percent of young people in Mississippi may have been infected with COVID-19 by mid-September of last year, according to the CDC's latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published March 5. 

Several healthcare organizations recently received donations to fund new facilities, research, renovations and patient care.

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been reported since Feb. 26:

Below are some of the recent leadership changes affecting health IT.

The CDC is reminding U.S. healthcare providers about its Ebola infection control guidelines in light of new outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea, according to AHA News.

Between now and March 20, hundreds of U.S. counties will need crisis workforce strategies because of intensive care unit shortages of critical care physician specialists, a new analysis estimates.

The world needs as many as 10 billion syringes for COVID-19 vaccines, and officials in the U.S. say they don't have enough right now, The New York Times reported March 5. 

Cleveland-based University Hospitals now has a chief whole health and well-being officer who will be in charge of health and lifestyle management strategies for patients and caregivers.

Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo., has reduced the number of nonemergent and elective procedures at the hospital after staff found cleaning and sterilization issues with some surgical supplies, The Journal reported March 4. 

Amgen will acquire South San Francisco, Calif.-based drugmaker Five Prime Therapeutics for $38 per share in cash, or about $1.9 billion.

Amazon debuted a new feature March 4 for its Halo health-tracking device: an integration with Amazon Alexa that lets users call up information on their health data via voice command, according to the Verge.