US EditionCasey Means faces the Senate health committee in a confirmation hearing to be US surgeon general
Casey Means faces scrutiny over her lapsed medical license, unfinished residency, and ties to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid concerns about vaccine skepticism and conflicts of interest.
- On Wednesday, Dr. Casey Means, nominee for U.S. surgeon general, will appear before the Senate HELP Committee in a long-awaited confirmation hearing after her October hearing was postponed and her nomination refiled Jan. 13.
- President Donald Trump first nominated Dr. Casey Means earlier this year on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recommendation and refiled her nomination Jan. 13; if confirmed, she would oversee the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
- Medical professionals note she lacks an active license and unfinished residency, and Means signed an ethics agreement to resign from Levels and stop promoting her 2024 book, Good Energy.
- Senate HELP Committee Democrats plan to press Means on her ties to Kennedy, and she did not respond to comment requests ahead of Wednesday’s hearing.
- Means' wellness profile suggests she could extend Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s critiques, as his first-year actions signal a shift in federal public-health messaging.
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