In an exit interview, Admiral Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health, discusses her experiences leading the Public Health Service during the Biden administration. She reflects on the rise of anti-trans legislation, including bans on gender-affirming care for youth, and the challenges of addressing declining childhood vaccination rates.
Admiral Rachel L. Levine, a pediatrician by training, has been leading the Public Health Service during the Biden administration. She's pictured in a conference room at HHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Can this effort last more than a few weeks?"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."She appears undaunted. Vaccines are incredible, she continues, and explains how she's seen that firsthand.
This is the meat-and-potatoes of her job — enthusiastically and clearly explaining why public health measures are important. She speaks proudly of the efforts of her office on climate change, on the HIV epidemic and on"food is medicine" initiatives. Policies will surely change under Trump appointees, but she believes public health work will continue."We have amazing civil servants here," she says.
Levine has been a target in right-wing media, sometimes just for being trans, but also for supporting gender-affirming care.
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