New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- Casey Means, a physician-turned-entrepreneur and prominent advocate of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, appears before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for her confirmation hearing as US surgeon general.

Nominated by Donald Trump on May 7, 2025, Means would become the nation's top public health spokesperson if confirmed. Her nomination followed the withdrawal of Trump's earlier pick, Janette Nesheiwat.

If approved, Means would oversee more than 6,000 members of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and serve as the federal government's leading public health communicator.

Means graduated from The Madeira School in 2005 before earning a bachelor's degree in human biol...