Dr. Edward Simmer has been the target of people upset over the COVID pandemic response even though he started working for the state in 2021.

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

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

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 ...

Dr. Edward Simmer, GOP Gov. Henry McMaster’s nominee to run the state's new Department of Public Health, testified in a ...

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 ...

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

Dr. Edward Simmer, the interim director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health, testifies at a confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Medical Affairs Committee on Thursday ...