Responding to tragic drownings from six years ago, and seeking to ease the burden on law enforcement, South Carolina completed its statewide rollout of a transportation system for involuntary commitment patients.
MUSC Health is looking to spend nearly $600 million next fiscal year for new equipment and new facilities, including new hospitals in Nexton and Indian Lands.
Just as a new Alzheimer's drug becomes available to patients, 400 riders in South Carolina will be taking off on a cross-state trek to raise money for research.
Half a century after its formation, and a year after the initial bill was signed to separate a bloated state agency, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control officially split Monday. Here's what to expect.
A Charleston family who fought against S.C. legislation that cut off care for their transgender daughter was invited to the White House to celebrate Pride Month.
Roper St. Francis Healthcare System has named an experienced health care leader from Texas as its new CEO.
A South Carolina family had to travel far away for an abortion as their baby was being destroyed in the womb by a virus. Thousands more are leaving, as well.
Aging allows us to cross many thresholds in life, leading up to the final one. How we handled different transitions in life informs the last challenge we face.
A debilitating and misdiagnosed syndrome affects about one in 500 people, nearly all of them young women. MUSC is studying a simple way to bring them relief.
Many COVID patients, often young women, go on to suffer an ongoing heart problem that mirrors another syndrome. An MUSC study for one might apply to them both.
A publicly traded health care company from Tennessee with numerous properties around the Palmetto State is buying family-owned White Oak Senior Living of Spartanburg.
In 2018, Beaufort Memorial Hospital announced a joint venture with Medical University of South Carolina to build a small Bluffton hospital. Six years later, construction on that facility has not begun. Why? Litigation.
Tests for avian influenza are tightly restricted for now and doctors warn that could limit the ability to detect if it starts spreading in humans in the future.
Travel nurses flowed into hospitals to help them deal with a surge of patients during the pandemic. But as demand waned, many found a home in Roper hospitals.
The number of abortions performed in South Carolina dropped dramatically after the implementation of a six-week ban on the procedure in August 2023, new data from the Department of Health shows.
Beaufort Memorial Hospital celebrated its 80th birthday May 1. The hospital's chief executive officer discussed plans to expand facilities and services in the future.
A drain of medical professionals has slashed health care access for thousands of rural residents. Some unique models are trying to fill the void.
Drownings across the nation shot up in the the pandemic and were increasing even earlier in South Carolina. The Family Y of Summerville is reaching out to help.
Summer vacations mean travel, which can mean different things to different people and at different ages. Real travel is taking what comes your way on the trip.
A Charleston VA study finds music does more than soothe Alzheimer's patients. It can actually stimulate key areas of the brain used in memory and attention.
It caused a splash as the first birth control pill without a prescription, but South Carolina doctors wish young women knew more about Opill and where to get it.
MUSC and a unique combination of state funding and South Carolina-based companies are working to develop a new drug to battle COVID, other respiratory viruses.
A new $55 million Union Medical Center is scheduled to open by March 2025 on U.S. Highway 176. The new campus is part of the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System in the Upstate.
A Charleston group dedicated to helping people with disabilities gain access to custom equipment that allows them to participate got a $50,000 grant to help.
An unlikely village elder in England named Pearl was celebrated as a blessing to her community and was in turn blessed by them for all she had contributed.
After almost exactly one year and more than 4,100 calls, the Charleston call center for the South Carolina 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline sees progress ahead.
Florence's City Center will turn green one night in May to raise awareness for mental health struggles.
Funds from the settlement with opioid manufacturers are allowing communities to address addiction. In tribal nations, the traditional ways appear to be best.
Heart failure is an increasing problem in the U.S. and is growing among younger women due to the rise in obesity. A hole in the heart might actually help them.
Parents were notified May 16 someone tested positive for tuberculosis at a Chester County school. Officials caution against alarm and classes weren't disrupted.
My Sister's House domestic violence services and prevention group honored a T-Mobile volunteer as one of its top advocates. The company is all in on helping.
Aging for Amateurs: Once-common grandparenting tasks can take on a new proactive role in the schools.
At age 22, Rory Hart found he had a fatal progressive disease that will slowly rob him of the ability to talk and swallow and breathe. But he's not giving up.
A Summerville nurse who suffered a traumatic brain injury just before Mother's Day last year is back at work and appreciating her life and family this holiday.
In South Carolina, handing out clean needles as a harm-reduction tactic is neither explicitly outlawed nor expressly sanctioned. Advocates say that legal "gray area" makes it harder to recruit volunteers, score grants and expand services.
A major advisory group is now recommending woman get a mammogram starting at age 40. While SC doctors agree, the new guidelines don't go far enough for them.
Attorneys for Planned Parenthood and for the state dueled over whether the state's abortion ban starts at six or nine weeks in circuit court May 2.
The South Carolina House of Representatives appears primed to kill a bill legalizing the medical use of cannabis for the second consecutive session. The question is — what happens now?
Alarmed by a rise in drug death and addiction, South Carolina agencies are offering a new way to see what drugs are being prescribed in the state and counties.
Legislators ideologically opposed to transgender care in South Carolina are pushing a ban for minors while families battle back and vow to keep fighting.
A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia's and North Carolina's refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory. The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-6 in the case.
Memoirs can be a personal story, often meant to be shared with family, or history. Civil rights pioneer Millicent Brown's is both of these and so much more.
An expert on sedentary behavior talks about the benefits of exercise and the dangers of sloth and why the advice often comes down to "move more, sit less."
A racially biased test unfairly kept Black patients off kidney transplant lists for years. Now, organ donation groups are crediting patients the time lost.
Charleston and South Carolina residents can stop and savor the air after new data said it is easier to breathe than much of California and the Western states.
As internet subsidies end for some, their access to broadband could end, as well. That will cut off many who rely on telehealth, especially in many rural areas.
A new digital imaging system at MUSC replaces microscopes for intricate surgeries in the brain and spine. One Summerville family is already thankful for it.
Moving Day is more than a walk for Parkinson's disease families. It's an event for education and showcases the role exercise plays in staving off progression of the disease.
There are questions that can be answered quickly, but really good questions take time and space. The answers sometimes come only slowly, with deep reflection.
Black mothers in South Carolina are four times more likely to die around childbirth than White mothers, but a new system developed by MUSC uses texts and calls for treatment.
The Medical University of South Carolina health system is seeking up to $705 million to build two new hospitals in two fast-growing areas of South Carolina and are expecting to break ground within a year.
MUSC could help treat thousands of patients with sickle cell disease in South Carolina through a statewide network, including newly approved gene-therapy treatments.
Women who face higher social needs, such as lack of transportation or hunger and social isolation, are much less likely to get their recommended mammograms.
She was healthy and ran nearly every day. But after a severe bout of COVID-19, she began to slur her words one morning. It was a stroke, and COVID was to blame.