WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.: Hoping to put the issue of her health behind her as she gets ready to return to the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday released an updated review of her physical fitness and details about a recent bout of pneumonia.
“She is recovering well with antibiotics and rest,” said her doctor, Lisa Bardack, in a letter released by her campaign. “She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States.”
Republican nominee Donald Trump, meanwhile, handed over a one-page summary of a recent physical exam to the celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz while taping an episode of Oz’s talk show. But voters will have to wait another day for details: the show does not air until Thursday.
The details made public by the Democratic presidential nominee included a description of the pneumonia diagnosis she received last week. Her illness became public after she left Sunday’s 9/11 memorial service in New York early and was seen on video staggering while getting into a van.
The health episode fueled long-simmering conservative conspiracy theories about Clinton’s health and provided a fresh line of attack for rival Trump, who has frequently questioned whether Clinton has the stamina to serve as commander in chief.
Trump has said he plans to release the details of a recent physical this week. Trump’s Thursday appearance on The Dr. Oz Show was billed by the campaign as a discussion about his general well-being and his family’s medical history.
But ever the showman, he pulled an outline of results of an exam, conducted by his longtime physician, Dr. Harold Bornstein, from his jacket pocket for Oz to review during Wednesday’s taping. “Those were all the tests that were just done last week,” Trump said in an excerpt released by the show.
Bornstein had previously written a note declaring the 70-year-old Trump, if elected, would be the healthiest president in history. He later said he had written the letter in five minutes as a limousine sent by the candidate idled outside.
The Clinton letter from Bardack, the chair of internal medicine at CareMount Medical in Mount Kisco, N.Y., said a chest scan revealed the candidate had “mild, non-contagious bacterial pneumonia.” She was treated with a 10-day course of Levaquin, an antibiotic used to treat infections.
The letter says the illness stemmed from a bout of seasonal allergies that developed into an upper respiratory tract infection and cough. Clinton’s pneumonia symptoms began around the start of this month, and she saw Bardack on Sept. 2 for a low-grade fever, congestion and fatigue.
Clinton, 68, has blood pressure of 100 over 70 — within healthy levels and not signaling the need for any medications. She has also had a normal mammogram and breast ultrasound, according to the letter.
The letter from Clinton’s doctor made no mention of her weight, a key part of any medical exam, nor did a similar letter released last year.