Surgeon

Der US-Präsident sagte, er nominiere stattdessen die Radiologin und Fox News-Mitarbeiterin Dr. Nicole Saphier für den Posten Melden Sie sich für die Breaking News US-E-Mail an, um Newsletter-Benachrichtigungen in Ihrem Posteingang zu erhalten Donald Trump zog am Donnerstag seine Nominierung für das Amt des US Surgeon General, Casey Means, zurück und ersetzte sie. Der US-Präsident sagte, dass Means weiterhin für die sogenannte Make America Healthy Again (Maha)-Bewegung kämpfen wird, die von Gesundheitsminister Robert F Kennedy Jr. angeführt wird. Er erklärte, dies geschehe trotz des Widerstands von Bill Cassidy, dem republikanischen US-Senator von Louisiana, gegen die Nominierung von Means. Weiterlesen...

Schwartz was deputy surgeon general under Trump’s first administration and is a rear admiral in the US Coast GuardDonald Trump announced Thursday that he has selected Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bringing to an end a months-long search for a permanent head of the troubled public health agency.Trump revealed his choice on Truth Social, saying: “I am pleased to announce the new leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is my Honor to nominate the incredibly talented Dr Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH, as my Director of the CDC,” he wrote. “She is a STAR!” Continue reading...

Grand jury brings manslaughter charge over fatal 2024 operation as patient dies on tableA surgeon in Florida has been indicted for manslaughter after he wrongly removed a patient’s liver instead of his spleen during an August 2024 procedure.Thomas Shaknovsky, 44, was indicted by a grand jury in Tallahassee on Monday after prosecutors said he botched the surgery of 70-year-old William Bryan, of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Continue reading...