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Rachel Leland Levine (/ l ə ˈ v iː n /; born October 28, 1957) is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021. She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps .
The assistant secretary for health (ASH) is a senior U.S. government official within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The position is a statutory office (42 U.S.C. § 202) and the holder of the office serves as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services's primary advisor on matters involving the nation's public health.
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Health and Human Services by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of May 10, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 15 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 3 positions do not have nominees, and 22 appointments have been made ...
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.
Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation’s assistant secretary of health. Levine had been ...
June 23, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued an advisory to help medical professionals better recognize the mental health symptoms that may come with long COVID.
The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral), ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and is the highest rank achievable in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. There have been six four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. All six were directly commissioned into ...
U.S. Health Sec. Xavier Becerra supported comments over the weekend from President Joe Biden, who declared the pandemic over, but that COVID was still a problem. On CBS's 60 Minutes, Biden said ...