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Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health plans to build a standalone emergency department following the Aug. 31 closure of Dallas-based Steward Health Care's  Ayer-based Nashoba Valley Medical Center.

Intermountain Alta View Hospital in Sandy, Utah, has opened a women's center featuring a newly added labor-and-delivery unit. 

Cincinnati Children's has partnered with New Richmond (Ohio) Schools to open a campus health center.

Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health is planning a $227 million expansion at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has given preliminary approval for investments in seven hospital and healthcare partnerships through the state's Healthcare Safety Net Transformation Program.

While at least two hospitals have closed in 2025, several health systems have announced expansion projects or new hospitals this month.

AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.) broke ground on a new patient tower, which will bring its total bed count to 437.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Round Rock (Texas) has opened an expansion that doubles the hospital's capacity, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.

Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System will open its $470 million replacement hospital on Jan. 19.

Houston-based Nutex Health, a physician-led health system, opened Starkey Ranch ER and Hospital on Dec. 30 in Odessa, Fla.