The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says a patient in the Midlands became the first person to die from influenza days before the official start of flu season.
South Carolina is in the process of establishing what researchers and advocates say would be a groundbreaking venture for Alzheimer’s care in the state.
Planning for a funeral is never easy. It can be made more difficult when a family isn’t able to complete their loved one’s dying wish: to be buried with their most valuable possessions.
While most abortions in South Carolina are now prohibited after six weeks, the state’s law does allow for exceptions for rape and incest survivors up to 12 weeks into their pregnancies.
MUSC staff says they are seeing higher numbers of COVID-19 and the flu this fall compared to this same time last year as they also monitor the potential impacts of regionally-spreading RSV.
Several area nonprofits have come together to eliminate several million dollars worth of medical debt from thousands of people in nine South Carolina counties.
A grant awarded to the South Carolina Department of Social Services will go towards establishing a program to aid in the reunification of children in the foster system.
Charleston County Public Library has partnered with the American Heart Association to expand access to blood pressure monitoring kits to all 18 branches.
A series of public service announcements from the South Carolina Department of Social Services is highlighting the services the agency offers and the need for foster parents in the state.
Rats, black mold and leaking ceilings are just some of the problems some families living in the Gadsden Green neighborhood said they are facing every day.
East Cooper Medical Center is emphasizing its services for women with a comprehensive plan for women’s services offered now and their plans for the future.
Living Darshan, a nonprofit based in Charleston, is looking to increase autism awareness in the Lowcountry, and they’re also looking to build a place where people with autism can feel safe.
South Carolina’s attorney general responded Tuesday afternoon to the state Supreme Court’s denial of a petition to rehear the latest case involving the state’s so-called Fetal Heartbeat Law.
After the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the state’s Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act constitutional, SC Senate, Sister Senators are calling for a change to the ballot.
In the 2023 session, South Carolina lawmakers authorized $10 million dollars of state funding for student-debt forgiveness for graduate-level nurses who go on to teach in the state.
Extra supplies from MUSC and some donated items from Roper Hospital left the Lowcountry in a shipping container in May and reached a hospital in need in Africa this week.
As students get back in the groove of going to class, nurses in the Charleston County School District want parents and kids to know that they are ready and prepared for the upcoming school year.
Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing Wednesday morning for a bill to provide paid parental leave for school district employees in South Carolina.
The speed that one inpatient adolescent mental health unit filled up speaks to the greater need for teen mental health care across the Lowcountry, hospital officials said.
Sexual assault can leave long-lasting trauma and profound impacts on survivors’ mental health, but a study now underway at the Medical University of South Carolina aims to get survivors the help they need — all for free.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of the Charleston area says one in three people suffer from a mental health diagnosis and the need for resources around the Lowcountry often does not meet the demand.
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