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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Despite statistics from the state overall, there were drug overdose death increases in 15 South Carolina counties including: ...

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 ...

In 2023, the most recent year for which data is available, there were 2,157 drug overdose deaths in the state.

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