The University of California San Francisco's plan to build a 1.5 million-square-foot hospital and research facility is drawing criticism from residents in the area, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC will build a technology operations center in Kilkenny, Ireland, to help support the system's overseas expansion. 

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health plans to invest more than $100 million to build a  behavioral health center and expand its network of urgent care and outpatient clinics, according to the Beacon Journal. 

Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope has purchased a 190,000-square-foot building and 11 acres of land as part of a $1 billion investment in a new hospital and cancer research center in Irvine, Calif. 

The following health systems have opened hospitals, advanced proposals to build them or announced plans for them since May 1:

Ascension Wisconsin will establish a micohospital in a 32,000-square-foot building in Waukesha, Wis., according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System plans to build a new hospital in Springfield, Va., the organization announced this week. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has withdrawn a rezoning application to build an 11,000-square-foot freestanding emergency room in Henrico County, Va., according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. 

West Virginia University Health System and Mon Health System have both received a certificate of need from the state to build new hospitals in Fairmont, W.Va.

Eight hospitals or health systems announced, started, advanced or completed construction projects in the last two months: 

Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township, Mich., is planning a $250 million expansion, according to the Macomb Daily. 

Texas Children's Hospital plans to build a $450 million freestanding women and children's hospital in Austin, Texas, the organization said May 20. 

Given the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, Becker's sought status updates on some of the larger capital projects announced in the last year.

Medical City Healthcare is planning a 520,000-square-foot expansion that includes two new buildings at its campus in Frisco, Texas, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare have established a joint venture to build an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Florida, the two organizations announced May 7. 

Austin, Texas-based Dell Children's Medical Center plans to invest $700 million in the next three years to expand in the state, according to The Austin Business Journal.

The COVID-19 pandemic is renewing the call to relax the 2030 deadline for hospitals to comply with stricter earthquake-resistance standards in California, according to Bloomberg Law.

Citing a financial loss from the COVID-19 pandemic, Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine plans to delay the construction of its $920 million inpatient hospital.

Cleveland Clinic has converted a four-story health education building into a surge hospital for COVID-19 patients. 

North Carolina health systems Atrium and Novant said a 600-bed field hospital is needed to address an expected surge in COVID-19 cases, but questions remain around who would pick up the tab for the facility, according to The Charlotte Observer.