Minneapolis-based Allina Health has now put its planned Cambridge (Minn.) Medical Center replacement hospital project on indefinite hold as the 13-hospital system deals with persistent financial challenges.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has begun renovations on its UAB Hospital University emergency department and expects to begin a $73 million expansion project in 2024.

Indianapolis, Ind.-based IU Health is aiming to give 30 percent of construction and design work on its $4.3 billion expansion to certified minority, women and veteran-owned companies, Indiana Business Journal reported July 7.

The Ray Charles Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the legendary entertainer's estate, donated $1 million to Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai to boost its neuroscience program. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is opening a surgery center on the campus of the Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Murray, Utah, that will specialize in outpatient spine, hip and knee procedures, 

New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian received a $35 million gift from the philanthropic arm of New York Mets owner Steven Cohen.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital seeks to permanently reopen its temporary adult emergency department annex that closed earlier this year due to a lapse in certification, the New Haven Register reported July 1. 

Medical City Lewisville (Texas) is launching a $16 million project in September to expand its neonatal intensive care unit and renovate its labor and delivery unit, Community Impact reported June 27. 

Cleveland-based University Hospitals has opened the sports medicine and maternity units at its Beachwood, Ohio-based Ahuja Medical Center, cleveland.com reported July 4. 

Hospitals in Kansas City, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania and New York City have received gifts worth more than $75 million.