Tag: pneumonia

Bush senior in intensive care, wife Barbara in hospital

  by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former president George H.W. Bush was admitted to an intensive care unit Wednesday suffering from pneumonia, highlighting concerns about the health of a political dynasty’s patriarch just as a new US leader prepares to enter office. Bush, 92, was initially hospitalized Saturday for shortness of breath, but was moved to intensive care “to address an acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia,” Bush’s office said in a […]

Clinton diagnosed with pneumonia, ‘dehydrated’ at 9/11 event

  by Jennie Matthew with Anita Chang Beattie in Washington New York, United States  (AFP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is suffering from pneumonia and was overheated and dehydrated when she quickly left a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York on Sunday, her doctor said. The incident at Ground Zero, in which the 68-year-old Clinton seemed to lose her footing as she was helped into her vehicle, sparked new questions about her health — […]