<p>NEW: Who is Casey Means, whom Trump has nominated to replace Janette Nesheiwat as his US surgeon general pick?</p><p>The MD dropped out of residency, became a functional medicine doctor, and recently penned a poem called “The Devil’s Wellness Plan,” <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@STAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>STAT</span></a></span>'s Isa Cueto tells us</p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/trump-picks-casey-means-maha-influencer-for-surgeon-general-post/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/trump-picks-casey-means-maha-influencer-for-surgeon-general-post/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-picks-casey-means-maha-influencer-for-surgeon-general-post/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#publichealth</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/healthpolicy/" rel="tag">#healthpolicy</a> <a href="/tags/hhs/" rel="tag">#hhs</a> <a href="/tags/maha/" rel="tag">#maha</a></p>
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<p>Well, <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a>'s <a href="/tags/maha/" rel="tag">#MAHA</a> Pt 2 is out and it's garbage, as expected. I tell the LA Times: <br>“If you’re putting out a report that’s supposed to address how to help our children stay healthier, and you’re not even mentioning the No. 1 cause of childhood deaths, you ought to be embarrassed,” said Bruce Mirken, a spokesperson for <span class="h-card"><a href="['https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/defendpublichealth.bsky.social', 'https://www.defendpublichealth.org/']" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>defendpublichealth.bsky.social</span></a></span> <br>Non-paywall archive link:<br><a href="https://archive.is/rUYqq#selection-3019.0-3019.419" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.is/rUYqq#selection-3019.0-3019.419"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/rUYqq#selection-301</span><span class="invisible">9.0-3019.419</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gunviolence/" rel="tag">#GunViolence</a> <a href="/tags/impeachrfkjr/" rel="tag">#ImpeachRFKJr</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/tylenol/" rel="tag">#tylenol</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/maha/" rel="tag">#maha</a></p>
