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.”

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was rushed to a D.C. hospital by ambulance after experiencing what officials said was an allergic reaction.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was rushed by an ambulance to a Washington, D.C., hospital on Tuesday, an emergency the agency called an allergic reaction. DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said that Noem was brought to the hospital “out of an abundance of caution,” according to CNN. “She is alert and recovering.”