Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary
January 21, 2021
ABOVE PHOTO: Dr. Rachel Levine (Photo/WH) By Will Weissert ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. A pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general, Levine…