A spokesperson for the Homeland Security Department says Secretary Kristi Noem was taken to a hospital to treat an allergic reaction but is “alert and recovering.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was transported by ambulance on Tuesday to a hospital in Washington, DC, after an allergic reaction, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, 53, was taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday after suffering from an allergic reaction. CNN was the first to report Tuesday that Noem had been transported to a hospital via ambulance,