Hillary Clinton's campaign released new, detailed information about the candidate's health Wednesday, following criticism over its lack of transparency surrounding Clinton's pneumonia diagnosis. On Sunday, Clinton left a 9/11 memorial service early due to dehydration, which forced her team to reveal she'd been diagnosed with pneumonia two days earlier. 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.
The letter also offers further details about Clinton's medical history, including her "normal" vital statistics, and outlines medications the Democratic nominee is taking, including the blood-thinner Coumadin. Clinton is also halfway through a regimen of the antibiotic Levaquin, prescribed to treat the pneumonia, and Bardack said she is "recovering well."
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