Several health systems, including Mass General Brigham and Indiana University Health, are planning hospital construction projects worth $1 billion or more.

Boston-based Mass General Brigham received approval from state regulators to move ahead with a more than $2 billion expansion plan at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, WBUR reported May 4.

Reeves County Hospital in Pecos, Texas, is planning a $114 million replacement facility that will double its size, the Odessa American reported May 3. And will be paid for in cash.

Orange, Calif.-based Providence St. Joseph Hospital received a $53 million donation from a couple who chose to remain anonymous.

Several hospital construction projects have been recently announced, advanced or completed. Becker's reported on the following nine projects since April 25.

Milwaukee, Wis.-based Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin opened a new community, acute-care hospital May 2 in Mequon, Wis.

University Hospital in Newark, N.J., is in desperate need of improvements as it deals with overcrowding in its emergency department and maintenance issues, advocates say, nj.com reported May 1. It is the only public hospital in the state.

Several philanthropic gifts have been made to hospitals and health systems in April to honor lost family members, to advance care and to bolster finances. Here are five reported by Becker's:

CHI Memorial, part of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, received approval from the Georgia Department of Community Health for a new hospital in Ringgold, Ga., despite objections from Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Parkridge Health System, News Channel 9 reported April 29.

United Health Services has broken ground on its six-story tower at UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, N.Y.