Bardack said Clinton is up to date on all vaccines, including two given to help prevent pneumonia – Prevnar and Pneumovax.
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It said in a four-way matchup, Clinton got 41% support among likely voters, while Trump a 40 % and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein eight and 3%, respectively.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign released additional medical information Wednesday after questions about her health intensified in the wake of her pneumonia diagnosis late last week. The Wednesday letter, written by Clinton’s personal physician Dr. Lisa Bardack, describes Clinton’s illness as “mild, non-contagious bacterial pneumonia” as confirmed by a CT scan.
In addition to her positive assessment of Clinton, Bardack also listed all medications the Democratic hopeful is taking and listed other treatments she received this year – none of which were serious in nature.
Hillary Clinton was sidelined for three days with pneumonia.
In a taped radio interview, Clinton told the Tom Joyner Morning Show that she was feeling much better and was “really glad that I did finally follow my doctor’s orders and take some days to rest instead of just trying to keep powering through, which I think is a common experience for people”. So far, the businessman has only released a widely mocked letter from his longtime physician declaring he would be the healthiest president in history. Huckabee Sanders said she did not see the summary Trump showed Oz, but “he self-admitted he could lose a few pounds”.
The show is due to air on Thursday.
She was diagnosed with mild, non-contagious bacterial pneumonia, her doctor said, a step the campaign took after the candidate had to take three days off the campaign trail after almost collapsing at an event on Sunday.
With less than two months from election day, Clinton’s standing with Americans has contributed to a race that is tighter than both parties expected.
“I have to say, it’s great to be back on the campaign trail”, Clinton said during a rally at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on Wednesday.
The announcements came as Clinton spent a third day resting at her home in Chappaqua, New York, after falling ill on Sunday morning as she left a September 11 memorial in New York City. Before Sunday, he had repeatedly questioned her fitness for the office of the presidency.
She takes thyroid and allergy medicines and the blood thinner Coumadin, prescribed as a preventative after she suffered a blood clot resulting from a 2012 concussion.
Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis came at inopportune time for the candidate, who spent the bulk of August fundraising in wealthy US enclaves such as New York’s Hamptons and Martha’s Vineyard in MA, with only intermittent campaign events. She was treated with a 10-day course of Levaquin, an antibiotic used to treat infections. Her cholesterol was normal at 189, LDL at 103, HDL at 56, though her triglycerides were somewhat elevated at 159. She receives routine dental care, had a normal mammogram and breast ultrasound, according to the letter.
Both candidates, among the oldest ever to run for the White House, were under intense pressure to share more medical information after Clinton fell ill.
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Clinton’s campaign also released a positive health assessment for vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine by Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the attending physician for U.S. Congress, on Wednesday. The letter says Kaine is in “overall excellent health”, has never smoked and has “modest” alcohol use.
