Tom Corwin

South Carolina made a big jump in child welfare metrics in an annual ranking. But the state still lags behind the national average in many areas, and progress depends on

After years of rising deaths from drug overdose, the trend is now downward and South Carolina saw some of the biggest declines in those deaths. But suicides saw a troubling increase at the same time.

MOUNT PLEASANT — The evolution of immunotherapy drugs for advanced melanoma, training the immune system to attack skin cancers, is exemplified in a duo sitting a few feet apart on a couch.

For the first time in more than 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration is allowing a new sunscreen ingredient that offers better broad-spectrum

Medical University of South Carolina President David J. Cole will retire at the end of next fiscal year after 13 years at the helm, the university announced June 29.

They make up less than 1 percent of all firefighters but wildland firefighters are seeing increasing rates of on-the-job deaths. As those fires grow larger and last longer, that risk will only grow.

Publix supermarkets announced that a supplier of frozen blueberries sold at its stores, including in South Carolina, is recalling its products after 12 people were sickened by a bacterial contamination.

The heat and humidity are unrelenting, and extreme heat advisories from the National Weather Service are blanketing the counties along the South Carolina coast.

of 2 It was down to one last embryo for Deidre and Mike Grabowski of Johns Island.

of 2 CHARLESTON — An illness tied to a parasite that often contaminates produce and herbs has shown up in South Carolina.