During President Donald Trump’s announcement of his trade deal with Great Britain, a reporter changed topics and asked about the new nominee for the United States Surgeon General. As our editor Becca Lower reported, President Trump removed his original nominee, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, from consideration and instead nominated Dr. Casey Means, a functional medicine adherent and fierce critic of the medical industrial complex and Big Pharma, as his new nominee.
The United States Surgeon General is tasked with providing the American people with the best scientific information available on how to improve health, reduce the risk of illness and injury, and promote methods that will support and maximize national health. As part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), if confirmed, Means would work in…
