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Clinton Diagnosed With Pneumonia
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton fell ill during a memorial service marking the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, leaving abruptly and inserting new speculation about her health into a presidential campaign in which Republican Donald Trump has called her weak and unfit. Video of Clinton鈥檚 hurried departure from the Ground Zero memorial showed her buckling and stumbling as she got into her van. Clinton鈥檚 campaign issued a statement from her doctor later Sunday revealing that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia two days earlier. (Phillip and Gearan, 9/11)
Hillary Clinton鈥檚 campaign said Sunday she had been diagnosed with pneumonia and would cancel a planned two-day swing through California, hours after the Democratic presidential nominee abruptly left a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York for what her aides described as her feeling 鈥渙verheated.鈥 The diagnosis, coupled with a remark by Mrs. Clinton late Friday criticizing some Trump supporters as a 鈥渂asket of deplorables,鈥 is an unwelcome distraction for a campaign facing a tightening of polls in recent weeks. (Nicholas and Hook, 9/12)
Hillary Clinton has been ill with pneumonia, her doctor revealed in a Sunday evening statement that may shake up the presidential race.聽Clinton鈥檚 health had been the subject of much speculation, fueled most recently by a coughing fit she had at the start of a campaign event in Cleveland, Ohio, last Monday.聽But now it seems that the symptoms she blamed on seasonal allergies may have been a sign of the pneumonia that was diagnosed on Friday. (Hellman, 9/11)
Embattled ex-pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli showed up outside of Chelsea Clinton's New York City apartment Sunday to taunt Hillary Clinton about her health. The Democratic presidential nominee left a 9/11 memorial ceremony early Sunday after becoming "overheated," aides said. After resting at her daughter's apartment, she emerged, telling reporters she felt great. Shkreli stood outside yelling and telling her to drop out of the presidential race.聽"Do you need pharma bro's help?" Shkreli yelled at Clinton, according to a video he posted on YouTube. (Hellmann, 9/11)
Investors nursing wounds after the worst selloff in three months for equity and debt markets got another stress to ponder after concerns over Hillary Clinton鈥檚 health flared anew. The 68-year-old Democratic presidential nominee, whose polling edge over Donald Trump has soothed traders who fear ruptures to U.S. policy and see virtue in political gridlock, is suffering from pneumonia and became overheated and dehydrated during a Sept. 11 commemoration Sunday, forcing her to leave abruptly, her doctor said. (Renick and Ciolli, 9/11)
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, has pneumonia, her doctor said in a statement on Sunday. Here are some facts about the illness: what it is, what it does and how people recover. (Chokshi, 9/11)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's diagnosis with pneumonia brings national attention to a common but deadly infection and one of the most frequent causes of hospital visits in the United States. ... For U.S. seniors, hospitalization for pneumonia has a greater risk of death compared to any of the other top 10 reasons for hospitalization, according to the American Thoracic Society, a physician's organization that advocates for improving care for lung diseases. (Gallagher, 9/12)
Hillary Clinton has pneumonia, her doctor said Sunday, hours after the Democratic nominee stumbled and exited a 9/11 commemoration ceremony early. The incident seems certain to prompt further scrutiny of Clinton's health and her campaign's transparency -- though Republican rival Donald Trump was uncharacteristically silent throughout a solemn day marking the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. (Bradner, Prokupecz and Merica, 9/12)
In lieu of releasing his medical records, Donald Trump is turning to a familiar space 鈥 a TV doctor show 鈥 to allay voters鈥 concerns about his health. That鈥檚 the game plan next week when the 70-year-old reality TV star-turned-politician plans to appear on Dr. Mehmet Oz鈥檚 highly rated 鈥 and highly criticized 鈥 daytime talk show to discuss his 鈥減ersonal health regimen,鈥 as the show promoted it, amid demands that he and Hillary Clinton both disclose their medical records. (Cook, 9/9)
Meanwhile, Clinton's camp responds to criticism of her drug plan聽鈥
U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's spokeswoman said on Friday Clinton's plan to curb drug spending was not the blow to medical innovation that Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Ian Read described it as being on Thursday. "Throughout this campaign, Hillary Clinton has called for expanding investments in innovation for healthcare, from a cure for Alzheimer's to聽building on Vice President Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative," campaign spokeswoman Julie Wood said in an emailed statement. (Humer and Pierson, 9/9)