CaroMont Health has announced plans to build a hospital in the Lake Wylie community of York County, South Carolina, bringing emergency and inpatient care to a fast-growing area where the health system has served patients for more than 20 years....
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster this week announced the state has awarded 228 grants totaling $167,299,900.69 in funding to strengthen health care access, quality and outcomes in primary care, maternal and infant care, pediatrics and behavioral...
As harmful algal blooms (HABs) lead to toxic outbreaks in lakes and waterways across the United States, Clemson University water quality expert Debabrata (Deb) Sahoo is available to discuss why these events are becoming more common, what South...
From clinical need to innovative solution, CuffWay's medical device provides continuous cuff pressure monitoring to protect patients and support respiratory therapists during endotracheal intubation. An idea hatched by a South Carolina high...
The Alliance, a statewide health nonprofit, released a strategic plan to strengthen collaboration and improve health across South Carolina.
Medical centers from the Upstate to the Lowcountry are among the 10 best hospitals in South Carolina, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking. Hospitals are rated on a variety of factors, including 14 adult services and 23...
West Nile virus in South Carolina is 10 times the national average, new research from the University of South Carolina show. Why? And what does it mean for the people of the state?
For Donna Isgett, healthcare has always been personal. Long before she became president and CEO of McLeod Health, she served as an emergency flight nurse, caring for patients during some of the most critical moments of their lives. That...
MUSC Health officially broke ground on the future MUSC Hollings Cancer Center at Florence Medical Center, marking a significant milestone in expanding access to comprehensive, state-of-the-art cancer care for patients across the Pee Dee and...
The McLeod Health Foundation has received two grants from The Duke Endowment totaling $1,035,000 over the next two years. The first grant for $500,000 supports AccessHealth McLeod. Launched at McLeod in 2014, AccessHealth provides navigation...
As a partner in nursing education for the region, McLeod Health has made a contribution of $75,000 to Francis Marion University to help maintain their nursing program. Nursing represents the nation’s largest health care profession and the largest...
Tidelands Health and the Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) have reached another important milestone in their efforts to strengthen their partnership and expand access to care across the Tidelands region. Effective July 1 as part of this...
MUSC Health-Midlands, in partnership with Intuitive Health, will open the state's first combined emergency and urgent care facility on Garners Ferry Road in Columbia. The new 12,484-square-foot center will offer 24/7 access to emergency and...
Medicare losses due to fraud, errors, and abuse cost taxpayers about $60 billion every year. Providers might double bill Medicare for a single treatment, charge for things like a back brace you didn’t get (or need); a company might offer you a...
The South Carolina Research Authority announced funding available to technology startups focused on improving rural health access. The program, Tech Catalyst Fund, is one of five initiatives within South Carolina's Rural Health Transformation...
Governor Henry McMaster named Dr. Brannon Traxler as the acting director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH). Traxler currently serves as deputy director of Health Promotion and Services & Chief Medical Officer for DPH and...
The McLeod Health Foundation was recently awarded $12,500 from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to provide transportation assistance to cancer patients who have difficulty getting to and from treatment. The grant is part of a nationwide...
South Carolina Atty. Gen. Alan Wilson announced May 1, 2026, that a $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, has become legally effective, capping nearly a decade of work by attorneys general from...
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter to the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking for it to add the dangerous new drug cychlorphine to the list of controlled substances. In a letter to FDA Commissioner...
The Duke Endowment and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have launched an initiative to strengthen maternal and infant health outcomes across the Carolinas by expanding MUSC’s H.E.A.R. (Healing, Equity, Advocacy and Respect) 4 Mamas...