The University of Miami Health System will hire 350 new staff members and create 450 new positions to staff a new hospital in North Miami, Miami Today reported May 2. 

Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center, a 248-bed hospital, has received final approval from the town of Jupiter to construct a new 92-bed patient tower. 

UT Health San Antonio is set to break ground on a $100 million Center for Brain Health.

Bangor-based Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center received $16 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the cost of hiring temporary staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine Public Radio reported May 2.

The Arkansas General Assembly committed $12 million to El Dorado-based South Arkansas Regional Hospital through the Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare paid $24.5 million for a 3.5-acre plot of land in Naples, Fla., the Business Observer reported May 1.

North Carolina lawmakers are looking to make Chapel Hill-based UNC Health more immune from federal antitrust laws as the system looks to expand further within the state.

The Cooper Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care, received a $5 million gift from the Bernard and Shirley Brown Charitable Foundation and the Brown Foundation, the largest gift in the system's history.

Retail giant Kohl's donated $3 million to the Milwaukee-based Children's Wisconsin for the opening of three new walk-in behavioral health clinics, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported May 1.

NYC Health + Hospitals is to open its $923 million Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital on May 2, the first new public hospital in New York City since 1982.

Borough assembly members voted to approve a new $85 million hospital for Petersburg, Alaska, local news outlet KTOO reported April 28.

Hospitals across the country are expanding to meet higher community needs.

Lexington-based University of Kentucky HealthCare is planning to undergo a significant expansion in the coming years that could cost the health system up to $2.4 billion, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Bellaire, Texas-based Harris Health System's board has approved a $2.5 billion bond proposal to build a new hospital and make upgrades throughout the system, the Houston Chronicle reported April 27. 

The University of Cincinnati Medical Center received $10 million in new market tax credits from Uptown Consortium to help fund the second floor of the hospital's emergency unit.

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health awarded a $16 million electrical contract to Eaton to design and construct the electrical system for the health system's new Ann Arbor-based hospital set to open in 2025.

Voters in Moses Lake, Wash., approved a $130 million construction bond request for Samaritan Healthcare, the Columbia Basin Herald reported April 26.

Hartford-based Connecticut Children's is to break ground on what it terms the "most ambitious expansion in its history" April 28.

Southport, N.C.-based Dosher Memorial Hospital has begun its seven-year expansion and improvement plan.

Gas station giant Wawa is donating $6.15 million to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia through the Wawa Foundation.