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2021–present. Rank. Admiral. Rachel Leland Levine ( / ləˈviːn /; born October 28, 1957) [1] is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021. [2] She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps .
April 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM. The Biden administration is bolstering health care protections against discrimination for gay and transgender people, reversing a Trump administration rule that gutted ...
Adm. Rachel Levine, one of the country’s top health officials and the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate, will speak in Kansas City Friday.
The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope ...
The legal and regulatory history of transgender and transsexual people in the United States begins in the 1960s. Such legislation covers federal, state, municipal, and local levels, as well as military justice. It reflects broader societal attitudes which have shifted significantly over time and have impacted legislative and judicial outcomes.
What Trans Health Care for Minors Really Means. As of April 2022, two states have passed bills banning gender-affirming care – health care related to a transgender person’s medical transition ...
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to study the implications of transgender service members, including identifying the health care needs of transgender service members, the effect on troop readiness, and the experience of the foreign military forces which ...
Benefits of care. Gender-affirming healthcare improves the mental health and overall well-being of gender-diverse people. “It is important to realize that gender-affirming care is lifesaving ...