Casey Means faces the Senate health committee in a confirmation hearing to be US surgeon general

Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions in confirmation hearing

Means' message that dietary and lifestyle changes are needed to heal an ill and struggling nation aligns closely with that of her ally Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Senate Grills MAHA Influencer Pick for Surgeon General Over Vaccines, Autism, and Financial Ties

Casey Means refused to state her opinion on whether vaccines cause autism and suggested most women are not getting informed consent about the birth control pill.

Trump's surgeon general pick won't urge vaccines for measles, flu, whooping cough

Casey Means said she won’t broadly encourage parents to vaccinate their children against measles, the flu or whooping cough, as previously done by her predecessors.

What to Know About Casey Means, Trump's Surgeon General Nominee

President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Casey Means as the next surgeon general in May 2025Dr. Casey Means during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing on February 25, 2026Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via GettyNEED TO KNOWOn May 7, President Donald Trump announced that he had chosen Dr. Casey Means as his new surgeon general nomineeMeans and her brother were key advisers on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s…

Cassidy Asks Trump’s MAHA Surgeon General Nom to Say Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism. She Wouldn’t

Dr. Casey Means — President Donald Trump’s pick for the surgeon general and a leader in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement — appeared in front of…

GOP senator grills surgeon general nominee over her use of psychedelic drugs

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) had some serious questions for surgeon general nominee Casey Means Wednesday during a Senate hearing over her open use of psychedelics. Collins raised concerns during the hearing about Means' comments on psychedelic drugs, with the lawmaker citing how "addiction and drug ov...