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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R–S.D.) is under White House pressure to speed the process of confirming President Donald Trump's nominees, among them Casey Means, the pick for surgeon general.
Dr. Carmona : The Surgeon General is nominated by the President of the United States after much due diligence, and under the recommendation of his staff.
For the first time in 146 years, a nurse has stepped into the position of Surgeon General of the United States. The controversial and abrupt dismissal of Vivek Murthy, MD, in the middle of his 4 ...
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Tuesday urged states to speed up vaccinations by moving down the list of priority groups if supply is outstripping demand from one group. Adams’s comments … ...
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy first proposed the warning labels in June as part of a plan to avert the “mental health crisis” affecting young people. Attorneys general from a significant ...
The physician has served as the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States under presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. Murthy, 47, was nominated by Biden and confirmed by ...
In response to the surgeon general's report, The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States cited a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASAM).
As Surgeon General, Miller advised the Secretary of the United States Air Force, the Air Force Chief of Staff, the Space Force Chief of Space Operations and the Assistant Secretary of Defense ...
Kiley was appointed the 41st Surgeon General of the Army and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2004.
The Florida Surgeon General has weighed in on an E. coli outbreak linked to raw milk from a farm in New Smyrna Beach, ...