Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Feb

2023

As re-election bid looms, Biden, 80, undergoes physical exam

JEFF MASON and STEVE HOLLAND U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, headed into a closely watched physical examination morning ahead of an expected announcement that he is seeking a second four-year term. Biden's session with doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, was his second extensive exam since taking office in January 2021. Biden entered the hospital for an exam expected to last about three hours. The White House was expected to release details of the exam's findings later on Thursday. His last physical and colonoscopy, in November 2021, showed the president to be…

Oct

2020

By The African Mirror

Trump’s condition improving, received steroid in COVID-19 treatment, doctors say

WORLD

ALEXANDRA ALPER and DOINA CHIACU PRESIDENT Donald Trump's condition is improving as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military hospital, his medical team said on Sunday, as they provided more details of the toll the lung illness has taken on him. Trump, 74, who was flown to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, could return as early as Monday to the White House, where doctors would continue his five-day course of the intravenous antiviral drug Remdesivir. Dr Sean P. Conley told reporters Trump had received supplemental oxygen on Thursday and Friday and is also being given…

Oct

2020

By The African Mirror

Trump says ‘real test’ ahead in his COVID fight after mixed messages from White House

WORLD

ALEXANDRA ALPER and JEFF MASON PRESIDENT Donald Trump told Americans from his hospital room that the next few days will be the "real test" of his treatment for COVID-19, after a series of contradictory messages from the White House caused widespread confusion about his condition. In a four-minute video posted on Twitter on Saturday from his hospital suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a tired-looking Trump said he was feeling "much better." "Over the next period of a few days, I guess that's the real test, so we'll be seeing what happens over those next couple of days,"…

Oct

2020

By The African Mirror

‘Trump not yet on clear path to recovery’

WORLD

PRESIDENT Donald Trump is not yet on a clear path to recovery from COVID-19 and some of his vital signs over the last 24 hours were very concerning, a person familiar with the situation told reporters. The source, who asked not to be identified, said the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of Trump's care. The assessment seemed at odds with that of Trump's doctor during a brief press conference. The president’s doctor said Trump was "doing very well" and is fever-free at a military hospital on Saturday a day after he tested positive for COVID-19. But a…