Lawmakers grilled Casey Means, MD, on vaccines, AI, conflicts of interest and more during Wednesday’s Senate hearing to be the next surgeon general.
Means, nominated by the Trump administration, was initially set to appear before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) in October, but it was postponed when she went into labor hours before the hearing.
She has been a controversial pick for the nation’s doctor, where she would be tasked with “providing Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of