Hearing for Casey Means, the wellness coach proposed by Trump for the post of US surgeon general, postponed after the candidate went into labor

The hearing planned by the US Senate Health Committee for Casey Means, proposed for the post of surgeon general by President Donald Trump, was postponed on Thursday after the candidate went into labor, Reuters and News.ro report.

Wellness influencer and coach Casey Means, 38, was scheduled to appear virtually before the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee because she is 40 weeks pregnant. But the hearing was postponed because the candidate went into labor, said a spokesperson of the senatorial commission.

As the nation's physician, the surgeon general provides Americans with the best available scientific information about how to improve their health and reduce their risk of disease and injury.

Casey Means intended to testify that he spent 15 years treating thousands of patients in clinics and operating rooms, as well as running his own medical practice, according to his written testimony.

She graduated from medical school at Stanford University, but later gave up her surgical residency. His medical license status is currently listed as “inactive” by the Oregon Medical Board, although it has not expired. Means stated on his website that his license status is on purpose because he is not actively treating patients.

She and her brother, Calley, are close allies of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and vocal supporters of his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.

Criticized for promoting unscientific claims in the field of health

Calley Means, a former food industry lobbyist, is an advisor to the White House, focusing on food policy and corporate influence on health.

“Our nation is angry, exhausted and suffering from preventable diseases,” Casey Means intended to say, according to a copy of his testimony seen by Reuters.

Means co-founded the medical technology app Levels, which uses data from continuous glucose monitors to inform users about how food affects their health.

She also has a financial stake in her brother's company, Truemed, which works with doctors to certify the medical necessity of advanced health technologies and wellness programs, allowing clients to benefit from tax breaks.

Casey Means will resign from Levels if confirmed and divest his shares in Levels and Truemed, according to his statement filed with the Office of Government Ethics.

She campaigned for raw milk, repeatedly repeated Kennedy's unscientific claims linking vaccines to autism, and criticized the use of birth control pills.

“Public health leadership must address the modifiable drivers of chronic disease identified in the MAHA assessment: poor nutrition, chemical exposure, physical inactivity and chronic stress, as well as overmedicalization,” she said in her prepared testimony.

Casey Means is Trump's second candidate for this position. He abruptly withdrew his nomination of Janette Nesheiwat in May after she was criticized by far-right activist Laura Loomer, who has since criticized Means' choice.

Her proposal also drew criticism from more conservative voices. Peter Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, called on the Senate to reject her nomination and warned of potential consequences. “If confirmed, we expect her to promote misinformation about vaccines and other critical health topics that will ultimately harm our health, not improve it,” Lurie said.