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Environmentalists applaud halting horseshoe crab harvesting for three months while pending lawsuit contends feds don't have the authority.

RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit based in New York, buys medical debt through donations, then wipes those debts clean. It's a solution rooted in its CEO's impatience with waiting for the system to fix itself.

South Carolina is second only to West Virginia in the share of residents with medical debt in collections. The why is a tangle of healthcare costs, disproportionate incomes, and low insurance rates. For starters.

'Michelle Strickland' has been hit about as hard as anyone could get hit financially. Her full story isn't exactly commonplace, but her plight navigating South Carolina's medical debt environment is.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. John Costello about research related to racial disparities in congenital heart disease. Dr. Costello is a Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric cardiologist, specializing in cardiac intensive care at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. John Costello about research related to racial disparities in congenital heart disease. Dr. Costello is a Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric cardiologist, specializing in cardiac intensive care at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Rebecca Leddy about breast cancer screening and early detection, in women with average risk and increased risk. Dr. Leddy is a Professor of radiology and Director of Breast Imaging at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Rebecca Leddy about breast cancer screening and early detection, in women with average risk and increased risk. Dr. Leddy is a Professor of radiology and Director of Breast Imaging at MUSC.

Students in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine are facing tough choices about where to advance their training in a landscape where legal access to abortion varies from state to state. Abortion training generally involves observing and assisting in the procedure. Many doctors and students now worry about nonexistent or subpar training in states where abortion laws were tightened after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Scientists say they have confirmed the first three cases of the omicron coronavirus variant in South Carolina. Officials with the Medical University of South Carolina said Wednesday that the identified cases were all in the state's Lowcountry region. Scientists reported the earliest sample was collected Dec. 4, meaning the variant has been in the state for at least a couple weeks.