FactChecking Claims in Casey Means' Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing

During her confirmation hearing to become surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means had various back-and-forths with senators, who pressed her on topics related to vaccines, her qualifications and disclosure of her conflicts of interest.'

Means was first nominated by President Donald Trump to be surgeon general in May. The president had scrapped his prior pick, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, after she misled on where she obtained her medical degree. Means testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Feb. 25, after her scheduled October nomination hearing was postponed because she went into labor.