Trump pulls vaccine skeptic Casey Means’ Surgeon General nomination for yet another Fox News personality

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTrump pulls vaccine skeptic Casey Means’ Surgeon General nomination for yet another Fox News personalityDr Nicole Saphier is a longtime Fox News talking head in addition to being a radiologist specializing in breast cancer imagingAndrew Feinberg in Washington, D.C. Thursday 30 April 2026 18:22 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2968338","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-surgeon-general-fox-news-nicole-saphier-b2968338.html","title":"Trump pulls anti-vax Surgeon General nomination for yet another Fox News personality"}}Nicole Saphier is a longtime Fox News contributor (Getty)Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politi...