US EditionSenate confirmation hearing for Trump's surgeon general pick is postponed after she goes into labor
Dr. Casey Means’ confirmation hearing is postponed as she gives birth; senators raise concerns about her medical credentials and ties to wellness companies.
- On Thursday, Dr. Casey Means, President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general, will appear virtually at 11 a.m. ET before the Senate HELP Committee while 40 weeks pregnant.
- Having co-founded Levels Health, Inc. and left her medical residency at Oregon Health and Science University in 2018, Dr. Casey Means promised to resign from Levels and stop promoting wellness products if confirmed, despite her medical license lapsing in January 2024.
- Public comments that have drawn attention are Dr. Casey Means questioning childhood vaccinations and calling birth control pills "prescribed like candy," while The Associated Press found she sometimes failed to disclose profit interests.
- Committee reactions split as HELP Chair Sen. Bill Cassidy expects a productive hearing Thursday and Sen. Tommy Tuberville praised Means' medical knowledge, while Democrats raised concerns, and HHS said Means met staff in good faith.
- If confirmed, Means would become the nation's leading public health spokesperson with authority to issue advisories, while public health experts remain divided over her incomplete training and supplement promotion.
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Confirmation hearing for Trump’s surgeon general pick Dr. Casey Means postponed as she goes into labor
Dr. Casey Means, 38, had been set to face grilling from lawmakers on Thursday remotely before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).
UPDATE 1-Trump surgeon general pick Casey Means goes into labor, Senate confirmation hearing delayed
The U.S. Senate health committee's planned hearing for President Donald Trump's surgeon general pick Casey Means on Thursday was postponed after the nominee went into labor, according to the panel.
MAHA nominee for surgeon general goes into labor hours before confirmation hearing
Vaccine skeptic and surgeon general nominee Casey Means had her confirmation hearing delayed Thursday after going into labor, NBC News reported Thursday.The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee was poised to consider Means’ nomination Thursday morning during a virtual hearing. It's now been postponed indefinitely.Means was tapped by President Donald Trump for the United States’ top health position back in May, and did so at the…
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