Does the surgeon general nominee actively promote vaccines? Casey Means wouldn’t say

Means says chronic disease, not infectious illness, should drive federal health priorities, echoing a core ‘Make America Healthy Again’ belief.

Dr. Casey Means, nominee for the medical director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and U.S. surgeon general, reacts to a question from Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) as she testifies at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 25, 2026, in Washington, D.C. [Source Photo: Getty Images, Illustration: FC]

The MAHA movement wants to name one of its own as America’s top doctor.

U.S. surgeon general nominee Casey Means fielded questions about vaccines, autism research, and her own........

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