The Senate made history Wednesday by confirming Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant secretary of health in a 52-48 vote, making her the highest-ranking openly transgender person in the federal government.

Dr. Rachel Levine is the nation’s first openly transgender four-star admiral. Levine, the assistant secretary of health, was sworn in on Tuesday. She is now the highest-ranking official of the U.S.

Adm. Rachel Levine — whose official portrait at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was recently altered amid a politically charged move by ...

Dr. Rachel Levine has made history again, this time as the nation’s first openly transgender four-star officer. Levine was appointed to full admiral on Tuesday while sworn in as the first-ever female ...

Dr. Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, made history Tuesday as the first openly transgender four-star officer across the nation's ...