Health & Life Sciences

MUSC Health and Intuitive Health have opened South Carolina's first combined emergency room and urgent care facility on Garners Ferry Road in Columbia. (Photo/MUSC Health)
Jun 23, 2026

MUSC opens South Carolina’s first ER-urgent care center

MUSC Health and Intuitive Health have opened South Carolina's first combined emergency room and urgent care facility in Columbia.

Roper St. Francis Healthcare has completed a three-year expansion of Berkeley Hospital, doubling bed capacity and significantly increasing patient care services for the growing Lowcountry region. (Photo/Roper St. Francis Healthcare)
Jun 17, 2026

Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital doubles capacity

Roper St. Francis Healthcare has completed a major Berkeley Hospital expansion, doubling bed capacity to 100 and enhancing patient services.

AmbioPharm is investing nearly $119 million to expand its North Augusta campus, adding peptide manufacturing capacity and creating 202 new jobs in Aiken County. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jun 16, 2026

AmbioPharm plans $119M expansion in Aiken County, more jobs

AmbioPharm is investing $118.96 million in Aiken County to expand peptide manufacturing operations and create 202 new jobs by 2027.

Brio Primary Care and Novant Health have entered an agreement that will bring the Greenville-based practice into the Novant Health network while expanding access to primary care services across the Upstate. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jun 15, 2026

Novant Health, Brio Primary Care join forces in Upstate

Novant Health and Brio Primary Care have reached an agreement to expand primary care access across the Upstate while maintaining local care teams.

Novant Health leaders and medical staff celebrated the opening of the new Center for Women’s Health at East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant. (Photo/Novant Health)
Jun 15, 2026

Novant Health opens Center for Women’s Health

Novant Health has opened a 40,000-square-foot Center for Women’s Health at East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant.

HCA Healthcare is building a $15 million freestanding emergency room in Cane Bay, expanding emergency care access for rapidly growing Lowcountry communities. (Image/HCA Healthcare)
Jun 5, 2026

HCA Healthcare breaks ground on Cane Bay freestanding ER

HCA Healthcare is investing $15 million in a new Cane Bay freestanding emergency room to expand 24/7 emergency care in Berkeley County.

A rendering of Clemson Paw Partners’ planned $5 million veterinary facility in Central, which will expand affordable pet care services across the Upstate. (Rendering/McKenzie Architecture)
Jun 2, 2026

Clemson Paw Partners plans $5M veterinary facility

Clemson Paw Partners plans a $5 million facility in Central to expand affordable veterinary care, spay and neuter services and pet health access.

SCRA is administering a new funding initiative to support rural health technology startups in South Carolina. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
May 28, 2026

SCRA launches rural health tech startup funding

SCRA is offering funding for tech startups developing rural health care solutions focused on chronic disease prevention and access.

Catherine Harris has been named South Carolina’s new deputy state veterinarian by Clemson Livestock Poultry Health. (Photo/Clemson University)
May 27, 2026

Clemson names new South Carolina deputy veterinarian

Clemson Livestock Poultry Health named Catherine Harris as South Carolina’s new deputy state veterinarian.

USC Trustee Dr. Coleman Floyd Buckhouse and her brother, Bubby Floyd, unveil a new sign that shows their parents’ names officially attached to the medical school at the University of South Carolina. (Photo/USC)
May 26, 2026

USC names School of Medicine for Floyd family

USC renamed its School of Medicine for Dr. Edward Floyd and Kay Floyd after years of service and giving that supported scholarships and faculty at the university.

Self Regional Healthcare says the facility will bring together a wide range of specialty services under one roof, including urology, gastroenterology, general surgery, bariatric surgery, women’s health and infusion services. (Rendering/McMillan Pazdan Smith)
May 15, 2026

Self Regional breaks ground on Greenwood medical center

Self Regional Healthcare broke ground on a 68,000-square-foot medical office building in Greenwood with specialty care services opening in 2027.

Clemson Rural Health received a $7.7 million grant to launch South Carolina’s first comprehensive mobile maternity clinic serving underserved rural communities. (Photo/Clemson University)
May 14, 2026

Clemson Rural Health receives $7.7M maternal grant

Clemson Rural Health received $7.7 million to launch a mobile maternity clinic serving underserved communities in the Midlands and Upstate.