The surgeon general’s main role is as the nation’s family doctor, using a bully pulpit to dispense advice on smoking, loneliness, gun violence, alcohol and other health matters.

The surgeon general, though not a policy-making role, has the influence to drive the national conversation on health and can draw attention to important changes in the nation’s health.

Trump nominates MAHA influencer as surgeon general after prior pick pulled By Dave Muoio May 8, 2025 1:00pm Surgeon General Donald Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nutrition ...

MAHA leaders, including Kennedy and Means’s brother, Calley, who serves as a top adviser to Kennedy, have aggressively defended the new surgeon general pick.

President Donald Trump's new pick for surgeon general — wellness influencer Casey Means — is already the target of MAGA vitriol, underscoring a split inside the president's base over the ...

Many MAHA supporters are happy that Mr. Trump sidelined his first choice for surgeon general, Janette Nesheiwat, because she made statements during the Covid pandemic in favor of masking and ...

If confirmed as surgeon general, Means would be tasked with helping promote Kennedy’s sprawling MAHA agenda, which calls for removing thousands of additives and chemicals from U.S. foods ...

If confirmed as surgeon general, Means would be tasked with helping promote Kennedy’s sprawling MAHA agenda, which calls for removing thousands of additives and chemicals from U.S. foods ...

President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general — wellness influencer Casey Means — is already the target of MAGA vitriol, underscoring a split inside the president’s base over the ...

If confirmed as surgeon general, Means would be tasked with helping promote Kennedy’s sprawling MAHA agenda, which calls for removing thousands of additives and chemicals from U.S. foods ...