array(['Subject_ID', 'tube_label', 'sample_#', 'Relabel',
      'sample_ID','cortisol_value', 'Group'], dtype='<U14')

array([['STM002', '170714_STM002_1', 1, 1, 1, 1.98, 'HC'],
       ['STM002', '170714_STM002_2', 2, 2, 2, 2.44, 'HC'],], dtype=object)

testing = np.concatenate((header, body), axis=0)

A = np.array(['Subject_ID', 'tube_label', 'sample_#', 'Relabel',
              'sample_ID','cortisol_value', 'Group'], dtype='<U14')

B = np.array([['STM002', '170714_STM002_1', 1, 1, 1, 1.98, 'HC'],
              ['STM002', '170714_STM002_2', 2, 2, 2, 2.44, 'HC'],], dtype=object)

res = np.vstack((np.array([A]), B))

print(res)

array([['Subject_ID', 'tube_label', 'sample_#', 'Relabel', 'sample_ID',
        'cortisol_value', 'Group'],
       ['STM002', '170714_STM002_1', 1, 1, 1, 1.98, 'HC'],
       ['STM002', '170714_STM002_2', 2, 2, 2, 2.44, 'HC']], dtype=object)

In [1]: import numpy as np

In [2]: arr1 = np.array(['Subject_ID', 'tube_label', 'sample_#', 'Relabel',
   ...:       'sample_ID','cortisol_value', 'Group'], dtype='<U14')
   ...:

In [3]: arr2 = np.array([['STM002', '170714_STM002_1', 1, 1, 1, 1.98, 'HC'],
   ...:        ['STM002', '170714_STM002_2', 2, 2, 2, 2.44, 'HC'],], dtype=object)
   ...:

In [4]: arr1.shape
Out[4]: (7,)

In [5]: arr2.shape
Out[5]: (2, 7)

In [8]: concatenated = np.concatenate((arr1[None, :], arr2), axis=0)

In [9]: concatenated.shape
Out[9]: (3, 7)

In [10]: concatenated
Out[10]:
array([['Subject_ID', 'tube_label', 'sample_#', 'Relabel', 'sample_ID',
        'cortisol_value', 'Group'],
       ['STM002', '170714_STM002_1', 1, 1, 1, 1.98, 'HC'],
       ['STM002', '170714_STM002_2', 2, 2, 2, 2.44, 'HC']], dtype=object)