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The White House Military Office launched Vice President Kamala Harris’ medical report on Oct. 12, sharing that Harris “stays in wonderful well being” primarily based on her most up-to-date and “unremarkable” bodily examination in April 2024.
A healthcare assertion from Joshua R. Simmons, Harris’ doctor, stated the Vice President “possesses the bodily and psychological resiliency required to efficiently execute the duties of the Presidency.”
Simmons shared that Harris, 59, had sure well being points, together with her nearsightedness, in addition to seasonal allergic reactions triggered by pollen, and urticaria—a typical pores and skin situation that causes itchiness and redness. Still, her doctor asserted that she is managing these properly, her allergic reactions and urticaria have improved, and he or she has “by no means skilled extreme signs.” The Vice President’s nearsightedness can also be corrected by lenses, which depart her with 20/20 imaginative and prescient.
It was famous that Harris’ maternal facet of the household has a historical past of colon most cancers.
Meanwhile, Harris is updated on her immunizations and preventive care suggestions—together with colonoscopies and mammograms. Simmons described Harris’ lively bodily routine, one thing she has spoken about beforehand, in addition to her “very wholesome” weight loss plan.
Harris’ bodily examination is important as a result of her method to transparency differs intensely from that of former President Donald Trump, and Harris’ Republican opponent within the upcoming presidential election on Nov. 5.
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Ever since President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential election on July 21, Trump, 78, has develop into the older candidate. This got here after there was repeated concentrate on the age of Biden all through the marketing campaign battles between Biden and Trump, in addition to Biden’s extremely criticized debate efficiency in June, regardless of the age hole between Biden and Trump solely being about three and a half years.
The public has little info on Trump’s present well being state of affairs. The most up-to-date medical report publicly shared by Trump was featured in a Nov. 20, 2023, Truth Social publish, which included a screenshot of a letter from Dr. Bruce Aronwald, sharing little element however saying the previous President was in “wonderful well being.”
Though Trump has not too long ago stated that he would “gladly” share his medical information, he has not but completed so. Furthermore, Harris launched the details about her well being nearly precisely three months after Trump was wounded throughout an assassination try at his marketing campaign occasion on July 13 in Pennsylvania—an occasion that killed a person within the viewers.
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Trump’s medical crew has remained extraordinarily tight-lipped over any details about the previous President’s medical information after the try or the extent of his ear wound. Republican consultant and doctor Ronny Jackson of Texas did write a signed letter launched on July 20, stating that the ear wound was attributable to a gunshot, and that the wound was “starting to granulate and heal correctly.”
The Trump marketing campaign has additionally not responded to makes an attempt from publications just like the New York Times to obtain medical information—although the Harris marketing campaign additionally didn’t reply to the Times, as a substitute deciding to launch the Vice President’s information on their very own timeline.
According to ABC News, a senior Harris aide stated they see the discharge of the Vice President’s information as an “opening to spotlight how little is thought concerning the well being of 78-year-old Trump.”
