The Senate confirmed Dr. Rachel Levine in a 52-48 vote to be assistant secretary of health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Her confirmation makes her the first openly ...

Assistant Health Secretary ... This is a proud moment for us at HHS,” department secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. Becerra went on to describe Levine as “a highly accomplished ...

The Senate on Wednesday voted 52 to 48 to confirm Rachel Levine as the nation’s assistant secretary for health, making her the highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history.

Levine, who is the secretary ... administration's health efforts." Vice President-elect Kamala Harris called Levine "a remarkable public servant with the knowledge and experience to help us ...

WASHINGTON (AP/KDKA) - President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly ...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services assistant health secretary Rachel L. Levine ’79 discussed public health challenges in the age of a pandemic at a forum event hosted by the Kennedy ...

U.S. Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine called for laws to "support and empower" youths "to get gender affirmation treatment" on Monday. Appearing on MSNBC’s "Andrea Mitchell Reports ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine as President Joe Biden’s assistant U.S. secretary of health Wednesday. The final vote was 52-48. Sen. Pat Toomey ...

Former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, a transgender-identifying man whose original name is Richard, was ...

Rutgers University is awarding an honorary degree to the nation’s first openly transgender federal official confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Admiral Rachel L. Levine has led the U.S. Public Health ...

President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Pennsylvania Department of Health ... secretary of health.Levine would become the first transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.In ...

In this conversation recorded for Washington Post Live on June 29, Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for Health at the Department of health and Human Services, discusses the interlocking issues ...