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With Midterms Looming, Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General Suddenly Thinks Measles Vaccines Are a Good Idea

Gizmodo 16 Mar 2026
At her nomination hearing last month, Casey Means avoided directly endorsing vaccines for measles and other preventable diseases ....
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US needs a crisis-tested surgeon general, not an influencer | Opinion

Usatoday 12 Mar 2026
Trump's pick for surgeon general grilled on vaccines ... The surgeon general of the United States is not a symbolic role ... President Donald Trump's nomination of Casey Means to serve as surgeon general raises serious concerns.
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Trump’s surgeon general nominee is running the wellness grifter playbook perfectly

The Verge 06 Mar 2026
Means uses a common wellness influencer playbook that uses selective science to discredit institutions. Getty Images ... Opt in for Optimizer here ... Read the full story at The Verge. .
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Florida surgeon general wants to abolish school vaccine mandates. Lawmakers aren’t on board

The Lawton Constitution 06 Mar 2026
ORLANDO, Fla. — Though Florida’s top medical official proclaimed last fall that the state would end all vaccine mandates for school children, six months later the Florida Legislature looks unlikely to take the drastic, first-in-the-nation action ... .
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Department of Homeland Security funding, Casey Means' surgeon general nomination

Newsday 05 Mar 2026
Don’t withhold funds from DHS ... Many of them now want more police patrolling neighborhoods ... — John Campanella, AlbertsonSurgeon general nominee unqualified ... surgeon general “Top doc nominee’s qualifications, views questioned,” Nation, Feb ... Sign up ... ....
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ICYMI: After Alsobrooks’ HELP Questioning Exposes Surgeon General Nominee Cashing in on Advertising Unsafe Products, Rolling Stone Digs Deeper Into Dr. Means’ Conflicts of Interest (Angela D Alsobrooks)

Public Technologies 05 Mar 2026
WASHINGTON, DC - In case you missed it, after Senator Alsobrooks questioned Surgeon General Nominee, Dr ... "The surgeon general has to be trustworthy ... RFK Jr's Pick For Surgeon General Cashed In Promoting Companies With a History of Unsafe Products.
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The US doesn’t need a surgeon general who is sideways on science

The Hill 03 Mar 2026
Sadly, we know how the story is going to end when a vaccine skeptic in a doctor's clothing is given the bully pulpit ....
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Echoing RFK, Dr. Casey Means softens her social media persona in surgeon general bid

NBC News 28 Feb 2026
Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer who rose to prominence by lambasting traditional medicine and accusing pharmaceutical companies of corruption, bore little resemblance to her online persona Wednesday when she appeared before the Senate ... .
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Arkansas’ ex-surgeon general recounts 2002 trip with Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton

NWA Online 27 Feb 2026
Arkansas' former surgeon general called the FBI in 2019 to tell them that in 2002 he had flown to Africa on Jeffrey Epstein's private jet and saw Epstein fondle a young woman on the plane ... .
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The Strangest Beliefs of Our Likely Next Surgeon General

Gizmodo 27 Feb 2026
Casey Means has criticized the birth control pill, fearmongered about vaccines, and touted supplements with weak evidence behind them ....
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