Biden health officials urge syphilis, hepatitis C & HIV tests on National HIV Testing Day (exclusive)
It’s called the syndemic approach and sexually active people should know about it, officials say.
July 5, 2024
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Rachel Levine Discusses Disturbing ‘Medical Refugees’ Crisis Sweeping Across the U.S.
The assistant secretary for health tackles “medical refugees,” misinformation, and transgender health care challenges in an interview with The Advocate.
October 24, 2023
Biden Names Adrian Shanker as Senior Adviser on LGBTQI+ Health Equity
Shanker, a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive Americans, will work in the office of the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
October 4, 2022
Biden Officials Meet With Florida LGBTQ+ Youth to Assure Support
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine met virtually with young LGBTQ+ Floridians Thursday.
March 18, 2022
Rand Paul Greets Biden Nominee Rachel Levine With Anti-Trans Rant
As a Senate committee considered Levine's nomination for assistant health secretary, Paul offered transphobic lies about gender-affirming health care.
February 25, 2021
Listen to Dr. Levine: Take syphilis seriously
Dr. Rachel Levine, the transgender Assistant Secretary for Health, has a warning everyone in our community should heed.
March 29, 2024
White House Condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Transphobic Comments About Rachel Levine
Amid a rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in Congress, officials called out the Georgia congresswoman’s derogatory comments against the assistant secretary for health.
November 15, 2023
Dr. Rachel Levine on Helping Meet President Biden's COVID Vaccine Goal
"We are winning the battle ... but it's imperative that we make sure to vaccinate as many people as possible," says the assistant health secretary, the nation's highest-ranking trans official.
June 10, 2021
Rachel Levine and Isabel Guzman highlight LGBTQ-owned businesses during Pride Month
HHS’s Rachel Levine and SBA’s Isabel Guzman toured LGBTQ-owned and focused businesses around Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
June 12, 2024
Pa. Trans Health Secretary Rachel Levine Tapped by Biden for HHS
Levine could make history as the first openly trans federal official confirmed by the Senate.
January 19, 2021
Dr. Rachel Levine Is Now First Trans 4-Star Admiral in U.S. History
She is the first out transgender four-star officer and first female four-star admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
October 19, 2021
Dr. Rachel Levine Confirmed to HHS Post, Makes Transgender History
Levine is the first out trans person confirmed by the U.S. Senate to any position and the highest-ranking one ever in the federal government.
March 24, 2021
Assistant HHS Secretary Admiral Rachel Levine on Being Visible
For the nation’s highest ranking trans person, any vitriol directed her way only makes her more determined to fight and advocate on behalf of the community.
March 31, 2023
Biden Officials: Obstacles for Trans Students Are 'Against the Law'
"We stand behind you and are ready to act to defend your rights,"
August 19, 2021
U.S. Health and Human Services' Dr. Rachel Levine Never Sleeps
The history-making secretary is busy working on the ongoing pandemic, health equity, addiction and mental health, and the implications of climate change.
October 8, 2021
People Living With HIV Now Allowed to Join U.S. Public Health Corps
Applicants living with HIV and chronic hepatitis B will no longer be rejected from becoming officers in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
December 1, 2022
5 Tips for a Healthy, Happy Pride Month from Adm. Rachel Levine
"I’m urging all of us to use this Pride Month to assess our health and take the right steps to protect ourselves," she writes.
June 6, 2023
YouTube Offers Platform to Anti-Trans Hate, Says New Report
The social media platform has featured right-wing talkers misgendering and deadnaming trans people, calling them "perverts," and more, says Media Matters for America.
August 12, 2021
PrEP to Be Available for Free Even If You're Uninsured
The federal government today announced the procedure for applying for free HIV prevention drugs.
December 3, 2019