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Friday, May 10, 2013  Why does one hospital charge 40 times more than another? New data underscore cost mysteries

Monday, April 29, 2013  Hospitals see wave of products to fight superbugs; penalties loom if patients catch infections

Friday, April 26, 2013  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Data posted online for South Carolina's 60 acute-care hospitals shows a wide disparity in their financial health, with bottom lines ranging from a four-year loss of $96 million to a combined profit of $223 million.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A South Carolina Senate panel has advanced a measure meant to reduce government bureaucracy for hospitals as they expand and buy equipment.

Saturday, March 23, 2013  The 7th annual St. Baldrick's Day event was held Saturday afternoon.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Graduating students at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine learned where they will get their advanced years of training.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  The House budget-writing committee has advanced a spending plan that includes $75 million for Medicaid initiatives designed to improve residents' health.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  House Republicans will lay out their alternative to expanding Medicaid eligibility under the federal health care law.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Authorities say seven people, including five students, have been injured after a small truck collided with a school bus in suburban Charleston.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  South Carolina's Medicaid agency will begin fully reimbursing rural hospitals this October for treating people without health insurance.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A volunteer organization is promoting health and wellness in the community one wag at a time.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  South Carolina's director of Health and Human Services wants to start talking about how the state will respond to the new federal health care act.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  A man was killed and 19 people injured when a pick-up truck and a bus collided on U.S. 17 in Pawleys Island.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  Two men from Georgia and South Carolina died after a rally to honor Vietnam veterans at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.