Dr. Edward Simmer has been the target of people upset over the COVID pandemic response even though he started working for the ...

Columnist David Lauderdale writes that Gov. Henry McMaster’s defense of Dr. Edward Simmer in the face of lies is admirable ...

For the first time in more than a decade, the South Carolina Department of Health says the latest numbers show a drop in ...

Dr. Edward Simmer, nominee to lead Department of Public Health, rebuked false claims against him during confirmation hearing.

The doctor who would be the first director of South Carolina’s newly organized health agency has a vision of reducing infant ...

The number of overdose deaths dropped for the first time since 2014. But mixtures, like the ominously dubbed Gray Death, are ...

A newly-released report shows the Palmetto State recorded a decrease in drug overdoses in 2023, marking the first such drop ...

SC Gov. Henry McMaster's pick to lead new SC Department of Public Health attacked because he supports COVID, other vaccines, ...

Dr. Edward Simmer delivers an update on the state of the coronavirus during a news conference at the South Carolina Emergency Operations Center in June 2021. Tracy Glantz [email protected] Dr ...

Fewer people died from drug overdoses in South Carolina in 2023 than during the previous year, but Horry County and others ...

Henry McMaster has done that publicly and repeatedly as he has addressed criticism against his choice to head the new South Carolina Department of Public Health, Dr. Edward Simmer. Critics are ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As the first director of South Carolina's newly organized health agency, Dr. Edward Simmer has a vision of reducing infant mortality, fighting childhood cancers and reducing ...