Amid a report of a dramatic rise in child mortality cases across the nation, doctors at MUSC’s Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital in Charleston report they are seeing a similar increase.
Healthcare, housing, and the filling of Gadsden Creek are some of the 'hot button' issues that local officials will address at these years' Nehemiah Action Event in North Charleston.
Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in the coming months, potentially leaving those stripped of Medicaid confused on where to turn next.
An app launched by the Medical University of South Carolina for children and adolescents with a rare disease is helping doctors understand this disease.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control wants the birds to help them test and track West Nile virus during the spring and summer.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has announced a $35 million grant program for hospitals within the state that will expand access to crisis stabilization services.
The Charleston Police Department is urging caution after they have identified a dangerous substance in illicit drugs that have recently been taken off the streets.
As American Heart month comes to an end, Roper St. Francis wants to remind the community that everyone has an opportunity to save a life by knowing hands-only CPR.
A bill advancing at the State House would ban South Carolina cities and counties from enacting their own local restrictions on e-cigarette and vape sales.
Dorchester School District Four students were home on Thursday after switching to an eLearning day because of a case of strep pneumonia, but what is strep pneumonia?
Following a Live 5 Investigation of the Charleston County Landfill, concern over the landfill continues after a Charleston Water System notice and additional South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control inspection.
South Carolina will soon begin reviewing who is eligible for Medicaid for the first time in three years, and the state agency that oversees the program says up to around 300,000 people could lose their coverage in the next year.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says recently released data shows a significant increase in drug overdose deaths in the state over the past several years.
In honor of Children’s Dental Health Month, the Medical University of South Carolina is offering free, educational dental screenings for children 12 and under.
Berkeley County residents now have a safe and environmentally friendly place to dispose of prescription drugs this month – with all 7 libraries participating and a mobile library.
A free clinic that anticipates helping thousands of patients and serving tens of thousands through its food pantry over the next three years is holding a ribbon cutting in Charleston Thursday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest COVID tracking map shows three counties in South Carolina are in high levels of COVID-19, but none of them are in the Tri-County area.
South Carolina State, the only public historically Black college and university in the state, has requested more than $200 million from the state legislature to replace several outdated buildings for students.
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