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A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post

by David Crary
| March 26, 2021 12:03 AM

Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation’s assistant secretary of health. She is the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation.

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