MUSC Health leaders and community partners celebrated the MUSC Health Bluffton Medical Pavilion's official opening. The ribbon-cutting marked a major milestone in expanding access to specialized healthcare in the Lowcountry. “This ribbon cutting...
Karias Health has formally announced Faith, an AI care companion that has launched with their members. Officials with Karias Health describe Faith's functionality as helping patients to understand what happens during medical visits so they can act...
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has announced early progress in increasing access to comprehensive, quality care in South Carolina, where people living with MS travel an average of 66 miles to reach access to specialty care. These barriers...
Anuvia Prevention & Recovery Center, VirtuAlly, and AvaSure have successfully launched a purpose-built virtual nursing program designed specifically for the unique clinical environment of substance use and behavioral health...
Echo Real Estate Capital, Inc., a Chicago based real estate investment firm, has acquired two medical office properties in Forest Acres neighborhood of Columbia, SC.
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...
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...
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), a nationally leading academic health system with a growing innovation ecosystem, announced a strategic partnership/collaboration designed to accelerate evaluation, development and clinical...
SC Launch Inc., the investment affiliate of the South Carolina Research Authority, announced a $400,000 investment in SafeMedWaste. Officials said the Johns Island-based startup created a better way to dispose of controlled substances without...
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Board of Trustees advanced the MUSC Downtown Charleston Campus Master Plan, a long-term framework designed to guide the future evolution of MUSC’s historic campus. Centered on thoughtful urban...
MUSC Health announced the launch of the largest and most ambitious capital campaign in its history – a $250 million initiative to support the development of a new MUSC Comprehensive Cancer Hospital that officials said will significantly expand...
From modern new hospitals and freestanding ERs to massive medical office buildings and major renovations, health systems throughout South Carolina are embarking on expansion projects that will change the health care landscape for years to...
Prisma Health announced a major expansion of its partnership with Minerra Health to advance a system-wide comprehensive obesity care platform supporting patients across the full continuum of care — lifestyle, medical, pharmacy, and surgical...
At a special meeting of the Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Board of Trustees held March 2, the board voted unanimously to have MUHA, part of MUSC Health, purchase all membership interests in Palmetto Primary Care Physicians (PPCP),...
More than 2,000 people gathered at The Joe (RiverDogs stadium) for the Lowcountry Heart Walk on Feb. 28, raising more than $1 million to fund lifesaving research and enhance CPR readiness. According to the American Heart Association,...
The city of North Charleston invites residents and visitors to celebrate the opening of the new Carner Avenue Wellness Campus and participate in a City Council in the Community meeting on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, at 2920 Carner Ave. The evening...