When the heat waves of 2023 baked many parts of the United States with oven-dry drought conditions, the Biden administration’s newly formed Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) sounded the apocalyptic warning sirens. Admiral Rachel Levine, a pediatrician, leads the bureau with a charge of finding ways to right the wrongs of climate change, particularly when they are believed to disproportionately impact people of color.Read More