Rachel Levine, openly transgender health official, to be sworn in as four-star admiral

Rachel Levine, the U.S. assistant secretary for well being, might be sworn in Tuesday as an admiral of the U.S. Public Well being Service Commissioned Corps, a 6,000-person power that responds to well being crises on behalf of the federal authorities, together with administering coronavirus vaccines and delivering care after hurricanes. Levine can be the group’s first-ever feminine four-star admiral.