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Kristi Noem was rushed to hospital over an allergic reaction after visiting biological hazard lab the day before

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem visited a biological hazard lab the day before she was rushed to hospital over an allergic reaction.

There is nothing to suggest any link to the lab visit and the reaction the following day.

Newsweek contacted DHS via email outside of normal office hours for comment.

Noem was taken by ambulance to a Washington D.C. area hospital on Tuesday.

“Secretary Noem had an allergic reaction today. She was transported to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. She is alert and recovering,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement sent to Newsweek.

On Monday, the day before the DHS head was hospitalized, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a photo on social media of Noem with himself and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.

“With Secretary Noem and Senator Rand Paul inspecting the biological hazard labs at Fort Detrick,” Kennedy Jr. wrote.

Fort Detrick, in Frederick, Maryland, is home to some of America’s important biological research and defense facilities.

These include the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, which is “dedicated to defending the nation against biological threats,” according to DHS.

The facility was created and built by DHS as a federal response to anthrax letter attacks in 2001. It was also a key site for investigations into the characteristics of the coronavirus.

 

Its “mission is to assist field commanders in achieving that balance by shortening decision cycles, providing tools for force health protection and training warfighters in critical biological defense skills,” according to the U.S. Army.

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