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2 days ago | southcarolinapublicradio.org | Bobbi Conner

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Neena Champaigne about advances in treating rare diseases in children. Dr. Champaigne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Division Chief of Pediatric Genetics at MUSC. TRANSCRIPT:Conner: I'm Bobbi Conner for South Carolina Public Radio with Health Focus here at the radio studio for the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

3 days ago | southcarolinapublicradio.org | Tom Bowman |Quil Lawrence

Updated April 21, 2025 at 15:34 PM ETThe White House has begun the process of looking for a new leader at the Pentagon to replace Pete Hegseth, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. This comes as Hegseth is again mired in controversy over sharing military operational details in a group chat. The defense secretary is under fire after revelations that he shared classified information in a group chat with his wife, brother and lawyer, according to the official.

3 days ago | southcarolinapublicradio.org | Bobbi Conner

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Jeffrey Blice about the symptoms, causes and diagnosis of eye floaters. Dr. Blice is a Professor of Ophthalmology and he’s an ophthalmologist at MUSC Storm Eye Institute, specializing in diseases of the retina. TRANSCRIPT:Conner: I'm Bobbi Conner for South Carolina Public Radio with Health Focus here at the radio studio for the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

1 week ago | southcarolinapublicradio.org | Julia Simon |Jeongyoon Han

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has ordered a halt to an offshore wind project near the coast of Long Island. Today, Equinor, the Norwegian energy company that owns and operates the project, announced it is complying with the order and suspending all construction. President Trump, a longtime critic of wind energy, issued a moratorium on new development of offshore wind projects, one of his first executive orders upon returning to the White House.

1 week ago | southcarolinapublicradio.org | Mike Switzer

Oftentimes, graduate students are trained primarily for academic work, but our next guest’s university is preparing one of their cohorts for a completely different career path. And it involves partnering with industry in our state. Mike Switzer interviews Marieke Van Puymbroeck, associate dean of the Graduate School at Clemson University.