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Duke University’s School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., received a $17.2 million gift for children’s health research and pediatric physician education, according to a Triangle Business Journal report.

The University of California, San Francisco broke ground on its $1.5 billion medical center at Mission Bay, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.

The redevelopment process for Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston has begun, and will include a $365 million Brigham and Women's facility, according to a Boston Globe report.

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Massachusetts General Hospital has raised $1 billion as part of its $1.5 billion fundraising campaign, which will support a new $579 million 10-story glass and steel tower scheduled to open summer 2011, according to a Boston Globe report.

Scott & White Healthcare, in Temple, Texas, purchased 111 acres of undeveloped land last week for a new medical center south of Marble Falls, Texas, according to a Scott & White news release.

While major healthcare lobbying groups have still been spending more on Democrats, they are quietly shifting support to Republicans in anticipation of a big GOP victory in the Nov. 2 election, according to a report by the Hill.

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Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has purchased land to build a new $200 million medical campus in Franklin, Tenn., according to a Nashville Business Journal report.

Siemens has long been supplying hospitals and other healthcare providers with a range of imaging, diagnostic and HIT products and services. To help customers acquire these solutions, Siemens makes financing available through Siemens Financial Services, Inc (SFS). About two years…