{"id":2510,"date":"2026-07-13T21:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:46:04","slug":"delaware-is-appointing-its-first-surgeon-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2510","title":{"rendered":"Delaware is appointing its first surgeon general"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Delaware became the seventh state to appoint a surgeon general with the appointment Monday of a physician to serve as the state\u2019s \u201cprincipal public health communicator\u201d and advise Gov. Matt Meyer on health matters.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2508\">Youth academy baseball players take in All-Star week in Philly, with Texas team winning the Commissioner\u2019s Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Neil Hockstein, an otolaryngologist who chairs Delaware\u2019s Health Care Commission, will helm public health measures. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Meyer, a Democrat, said the appointment grew out of state government efforts to reassure residents after a chaotic period for U.S. public health with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, leading federal health agencies under President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Kennedy has attempted to dismantle longstanding recommendations on childhood vaccines and appointed vaccine skeptics to a federal committee that makes recommendations on vaccination. Critics have also decried what they characterized as a hands-off approach to other health crises like an Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe live in a time where the information coming from the federal government is not evidence-driven. It\u2019s not fact-based,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Last year, Delaware joined Pennsylvania and other Northeastern states in a public health coalition to surveil infectious diseases and promote vaccination, joining several states also launching their own public health initiatives in response to the federal changes. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTraditionally, we\u2019ve been able to rely on the federal government for environmental protection, for food assistance, for reliable health and weather information,\u201d Meyer said. \u201cNow there\u2019s a lot of loss of trust, and in so many ways we\u2019re saying, \u2018How can states pick up the mantle?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Pennsylvania has a physician general, a similar position. New Jersey does not have a surgeon general.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Delaware Healthcare Association, which represents the state\u2019s hospitals and health systems, called Hockstein an \u201cinvaluable, unrelating advocate\u201d and applauded the creation of the position.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Delaware\u2019s surgeon general will report to the state Secretary of Health Christen Linke Young, who said the position will help reach residents not already receiving services through her department.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2506\">Chase Utley serves tomato pie at Sarcone\u2019s, talks playing for Don Mattingly, new role with Dodgers and what it\u2019s like to be an All-Star<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHis job, really, is to think about the whole [public health] ecosystem and to speak to people in a way that is broader than the particular clients who receive particular services from us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Republican state Sen. Eric Buckson, who represents parts of Kent County, said the state \u201calready has everyone in place to make sure that the state of Delaware is getting the information it needs to make the best decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDo we need this position generated on the premise the current administration is going to somehow mislead Delaware?\u201d he said, adding that he believes Kennedy has \u201cdone an excellent job of provoking a conversation.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>A new surgeon general\u2019s focus<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hockstein plans to prioritize \u201cfoundational\u201d public health initiatives like promoting vaccination and ensuring access to clean water and food, along with issues like adequate access to healthcare, especially among the state\u2019s elderly. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMore people will die because they have inadequate access to healthcare in Delaware than will die of measles, mumps, or rubella this year,\u201d he said, citing infectious diseases now rising as vaccine rates have declined.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hockstein said he sees his role as twofold: Communicating about health initiatives with the public, while also supporting healthcare workers.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re hurting right now, and I think having a voice that understands what they do on a daily basis and the threats that they\u2019re feeling is important.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He said he still plans to see patients for about eight hours a week.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Meyer said he also wants Hockstein to focus on adolescent mental health, partnering with local school districts to raise awareness about the issue.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt really needs to be attacked with a public health mindset,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have an epidemic of loneliness. 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