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$240 million expansion of Baylor Scott & White hospital reaches towering milestone

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 5/19 1:48A Plamedie Ifasso

A six-story patient tower should open in August at Baylor Scott & White's medical campus in Waxahachie with an expanded emergency department, intensive care unit and surgery department. The project is intended to help meet the medical system meet...

Texas health officials monitor passengers after cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

Spectrum Local News Health 5/7 10:00A Katharine Finnerty, Associated P

Texas health officials say they have been in contact with the two people who were abroad the MV Hondius, and they are not experiencing any symptoms.

Cost Plus Drugs founder on lowering price of prescriptions, working with Mark Cuban

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/29 1:35A Ashley Portero

Here's how the company is tackling one of the major issues of our time: Bringing down the price of prescription drugs.

Texas fertility clinics see increase in younger women freezing their eggs

Spectrum Local News Health 4/4 7:00A Geraldine Torrellas

Modern science has given women the opportunity to freeze their eggs, something that is becoming increasingly popular among younger women.

New Children's Health hospital campus receives another $100 million gift

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/2 1:53A Plamedie Ifasso

The $100 million donation will result in the construction of the Stephens Greth Tower at the Moody Children's Hospital

DHS says no active measles cases at El Paso detention center; health officials urge vigilance

Spectrum Local News Health 3/20 6:00A Luis Garcia

The detention center outbreak is contained, but doctors say measles remains a serious threat in the area.

Fortress buys Florida senior living facility

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/13 5:51A Leah Foreman

An assisted living facility in Palm Coast, Florida, has been purchased by Dallas-based Fortress Investment Group.

Key hospital supplier Medline invests big in Midlothian

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/11 5:49A Seth Bodine

During a groundbreaking ceremony March 10, city officials estimated the distribution center would create about $192 million in taxable, potentially making it the fifth-largest taxpayer in Ellis County. Medline supplies to local hospital systems...

Kelcy Warren's energy giant donates to $5 billion pediatric hospital campus

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/11 1:34A Plamedie Ifasso

Energy Transfer is the latest donor to the new $5 billion pediatric hospital campus rising in the Southwestern Medical District. Its $15 million gift will result in a new family lounge in the development.