Rachel Levine

thumb|Rachel_L._Levine_(HHS_ASH) Rachel Leland Levine (born October 28, 1957) is an American pediatrician who served as the United States assistant secretary for health, the admiral in charge of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, from 2021 until 2025. Quotes The language of medicine and science is being used to drive people to suicide. The mantle of concern for children is being claimed to destroy children's lives. We have to take a firmer stand on behalf of those who are being hurt. Rachel Levine's interview with the NPR concerning bills that trans youth faces I started my pediatric residency program at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City in 1983,"That was before the HiB vaccine came out, which protects against a bacteria called Haemophilus Influenzae Type B. "We used to see so many children with very serious bacterial infections due to this bacteria — pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis. And after the vaccines came out and had been given for a number of years, we really no longer see those infections. It's impossible for me to say what happens after the inauguration," she says. "This campaign has been planned for more than a year; it's coming out now. External links Category:Pediatricians Category:Living people Category:Women physicians from the United States Category:Physicians from Massachusetts Category:LGBT people Category:Harvard University alumni Category:1957 births