SC Public Health nominee to return to hot seat as COVID response colors confirmation
Dr. Edward Simmer has been the target of people upset over the COVID pandemic response even though he started working for the ...
‘A stalwart’ or ‘South Carolina’s Dr. Fauci’? Meet the man who wants SC to be ‘the healthiest state’
Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall explains why you should want Dr. Edward Simmer, Gov. Henry McMaster’s nominee to be the ...
Gov. McMaster set a good example for all public officials: Call out lies, demand due process | Opinion
Columnist David Lauderdale writes that Gov. Henry McMaster’s defense of Dr. Edward Simmer in the face of lies is admirable ...
South Carolina public health chief’s confirmation hearing overshadowed by COVID anger
The doctor who would be the first director of South Carolina’s newly organized health agency has a vision of reducing infant ...
Gov. McMaster's pick to lead health department says he was threatened with fake car bomb and harassed
Dr. Edward Simmer, nominee to lead Department of Public Health, rebuked false claims against him during confirmation hearing.
Editorial: SC's schoolyard bullies are back, and — surprise — they're spreading more lies
SC Gov. Henry McMaster's pick to lead new SC Department of Public Health attacked because he supports COVID, other vaccines, ...
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S.C. public health nominee says he’s been threatened
Dr. Edward Simmer, GOP Gov. Henry McMaster’s nominee to run the state's new Department of Public Health, testified in a ...
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Nominee to lead SC health agency facing backlash tied to vaccines
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 ...
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The Table Rock Complex fires, the air you breathe, and your health
Smoke from the fires at Table Rock Mountain and Persimmon Ridge are filling the air with particles and gases. Health ...
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South Carolina public health chief's confirmation hearing overshadowed by COVID anger
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 ...
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‘A stalwart’ or ‘South Carolina’s Dr. Fauci’? Meet the man who wants SC to be ‘the healthiest state’
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 ...