The US Senate voted to confirm Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services. The vote is a history-making one: Levine is the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate.
The vote was 52-48 in favor of her confirmation. Before the vote, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., urged her colleagues to support Levine's nomination, calling her a "trusted voice" for Pennsylvanians on matters, including opioid prescribing guidelines, health equity and LGBTQ health care.
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