Two North Carolina-based university health systems have announced an agreement to construct the state’s first standalone children’s hospital.

Duke Health and UNC Health are creating a new nonprofit, N.C. Children’s, to build and operate the 500-bed hospital. A site has not yet been chosen but is expected to be announced this summer. It will involve a campus of at least 100 acres with a children’s outpatient center and a children’s behavioral health hospital.

Duke Health and UNC Health, the Triangle's two largest health care systems, officially announced Tuesday that they will partner together to build the state's first freestanding children's hospital here.

COOPER FLAGG AND THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS Cooper Flagg is at it again. Two days after a 24-7-6 night in a come-from-behind victory over Wake Forest, Flagg put on a clinic in the second half of Duke's 74-64 win over North Carolina State at Cameron Indoor Stadium Monday night.

Cooper Flagg scored 23 of his 28 points in the second half as No. 2 Duke rallied past North Carolina State to win 74-64 on Monday night in Durham, N.C.

On Monday night, the Duke Blue Devils beat NC State (at home) by a score of 74-64. Cooper Flagg finished the win with 28 points, seven rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block while shooting 8/17 from the field and 1/4 from the three-point range.