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2026年2月25日，在美国华盛顿国会山，时任美国卫生与公众服务部提名的下一任卫生局局长凯西·米恩斯出席参议院卫生、教育、劳工与养老金委员会的提名听证会。路透社/凯莉·库珀 购买授权，打开新标签页
- 撤回米恩斯的提名对卫生部长肯尼迪造成打击
- 特朗普抨击卡西迪阻挠米恩斯的提名
- 萨皮尔以乳腺癌 advocacy（倡导活动）和为福克斯新闻撰稿闻名
华盛顿，4月30日（路透社）——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周四提名放射科医生、福克斯新闻撰稿人妮可·萨皮尔博士出任美国卫生局局长，这是他第三次提名该职位人选，此前他已撤回凯西·米恩斯的提名。
此举引发特朗普与路易斯安那州共和党参议员比尔·卡西迪之间的对峙，特朗普指责卡西迪阻挠米恩斯的提名，并称其为“非常不忠的人”。
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米恩斯是卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪的核心盟友，但未能获得足够票数通过由卡西迪担任主席的参议院卫生、教育、劳工与养老金委员会的审议。
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她并非执业医生，且是破坏疫苗接种的“让美国再次健康”运动的核心成员。她的兄弟考利·米恩斯在白宫任职。
卡西迪的办公室未立即回复置评请求，无法回应特朗普的指控或对萨皮尔的提名发表看法。
记者未能立即联系到米恩斯。
获提名的福克斯新闻撰稿人
作为美国的“全民医生”，卫生局局长将为美国人提供关于如何改善健康、降低患病和受伤风险的最佳科学信息。
任职于纪念斯隆-凯特琳癌症中心的萨皮尔著有《让美国再次健康：不良行为与大政府如何引发万亿美元危机》等书籍。
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“妮可（Nicole）是一位杰出的医生，她毕生致力于指导乳腺癌患者度过诊断与治疗过程，并不懈倡导提高癌症早期筛查与预防率，”特朗普在Truth Social的帖子中写道。
他在更早的一篇帖子中表示，尽管卡西迪反对米恩斯的提名，米恩斯仍将继续为肯尼迪领导的“让美国再次健康”运动而战。
“尽管参议员卡西迪态度顽固、玩弄政治把戏，凯西仍将继续就我国面临的诸多重要卫生议题，为‘让美国再次健康’运动发声，”特朗普说道。
肯尼迪在X平台的帖子中称赞米恩斯是其运动“最具影响力的倡导者之一”，并指责卡西迪“为根深蒂固的利益集团做脏活”，拖延其提名进程。他表示米恩斯仍将是亲密合作伙伴。
填补该职位的第三次尝试
今年5月，特朗普撤回了此前的提名人选珍妮特·内谢瓦特，米恩斯是他的第二任提名者。两次提名都遭到极右翼活动人士的反对，其中包括与特朗普关系密切的劳拉·卢默。
在2月充满争议的提名听证会上，米恩斯面临民主党人和包括卡西迪在内的部分共和党人的尖锐质询，内容涉及她对疫苗、避孕措施及其他公共卫生政策的看法，以及潜在的经济利益冲突。
她曾表示疫苗是“任何传染病公共卫生战略的关键组成部分”，但拒绝直接驳斥由长期反疫苗活动人士肯尼迪推广的、早已被证伪的疫苗与自闭症相关论调。
公共监督组织“公共公民”联合主席丽莎·吉尔伯特称，撤回米恩斯的提名是“公共卫生的明确胜利”。
“凯西·米恩斯没有资格也不适合担任卫生局局长，撤回她的提名是美国公众的胜利，”她在一份电子邮件声明中说道。
与米恩斯不同，萨皮尔持有有效的行医执照。她是纪念斯隆-凯特琳癌症中心乳腺影像科主任，拥有巴巴多斯罗斯大学医学院医学博士学位，并在梅奥诊所完成研修。
她与肯尼迪领导的运动存在一些共同点：她的书中讨论了通过饮食与运动等生活方式因素预防慢性病。
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Trump names Nicole Saphier as Surgeon General pick, withdraws Means
April 30, 2026 4:41 PM UTC / Reuters
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Casey Means, nominated to serve as the next U.S. Surgeon General, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 25, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Withdrawing Means deals a setback to Health Secretary Kennedy
- Trump attacks Cassidy for blocking Means’ nomination
- Saphier known for breast cancer advocacy, Fox News contributions
WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump named radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier as his pick for U.S. Surgeon General on Thursday, his third nominee for the post, after withdrawing the nomination of Casey Means.
The move sets up a standoff between Trump and Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, whom he accused of blocking Means’ nomination and called “a very disloyal person.”
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Means was a key ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but lacked the votes to advance from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, which Cassidy chairs.
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She is not a practicing doctor and is an integral part of the Make America Healthy Again movement that has undermined vaccines. Her brother Calley Means works for the White House.
Cassidy’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Trump’s accusation or Saphier’s nomination.
Means was not immediately reachable.
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As the nation’s doctor, the surgeon general provides Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce risk of illness and injury.
Saphier, who works at Memorial Sloan Kettering, is the author of books including “Make America Healthy Again: How Bad Behavior and Big Government Caused a Trillion Dollar Crisis.”
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“Nicole is a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis and treatment while tirelessly advocating to increase early cancer detection and prevention,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
He said in an earlier post that Means would continue to fight for the Kennedy-led Make America Healthy Again movement despite Cassidy’s opposition to her nomination.
“Despite Senator Cassidy’s intransigence and political games, Casey will continue to fight for MAHA on the many important Health issues facing our Country,” Trump said.
Kennedy praised Means as one of his movement’s “most powerful evangelist” in a post on X and accused Cassidy of “doing the dirty work for entrenched interests” by stalling her nomination. He said Means would remain a close partner.
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Means was Trump’s second nominee for the role after he withdrew his prior pick, Janette Nesheiwat, in May. Both nominations faced opposition from far-right activists, including Laura Loomer, who is known to have Trump’s ear.
Means faced pointed questioning from Democrats and some Republicans, including Cassidy, at a contentious February confirmation hearing over her views on vaccines, birth control and other areas of public health policy, as well as potential financial conflicts of interest.
She said vaccines are “a key part of any infectious disease public health strategy” but declined to directly reject a long-discredited claim linking vaccines to autism promoted by Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist.
Lisa Gilbert, co-president of watchdog Public Citizen, called the withdrawal of Means’ nomination a “clear-cut victory for public health.”
“Casey Means is unqualified and unfit to be Surgeon General and the withdrawal of her nomination is a win for the American public,” she said in an emailed statement.
Saphier, unlike Means, holds an active medical license. She is director of breast imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering, with a doctor of medicine degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Barbados and fellowships at the Mayo Clinic.
She shares some commonalities with the Kennedy-led movement; her book discusses preventing chronic diseases through lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise.
Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein; Additional reporting by Julie Steenhuysen in Chicago, Susan Heavey and Ryan Patrick Jones in Washington; Editing by Caitlin Webber, Caroline Humer and Andrea Ricci
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