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 released from a Washington, D.C., hospital Tuesday night after an allergic reaction, a DHS spokesperson said.

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.”