{"id":14637,"date":"2024-10-12T22:27:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T22:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14637"},"modified":"2024-10-13T12:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:25:56","slug":"harris-releases-medical-information-from-white-house-doctor-daring-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14637","title":{"rendered":"Harris Releases Medical Information From White House Doctor, Daring Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice President Kamala Harris released a letter on Saturday from her White House doctor<\/a>, who said she is in \u201cexcellent health\u201d and is successfully managing some minor health issues.<\/p>\n

Ms. Harris, 59, has seasonal allergies, mild nearsightedness and skin hives that she treats with over-the-counter and prescription medication, wrote Joshua R. Simmons, the physician to the vice president.<\/p>\n

\u201cVice President Harris remains in excellent health,\u201d Dr. Simmons wrote in a two-page letter that appeared to be a summary but not a complete medical report. \u201cShe possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency, to include those as chief executive, head of state and commander in chief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Harris has not had diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis or neurological disorders, Dr. Simmons wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The release of Ms. Harris\u2019s medical information comes as her rival, former President Donald J. Trump, who at 78 is the oldest person<\/a> to become a presidential nominee, has refused to reveal similar basic health information. Neither candidate for the White House has allowed journalists to ask additional questions of their physicians.<\/p>\n

Because presidential candidates are under no requirement to share health records \u2014 their medical information is as private as any other citizen\u2019s \u2014 campaign-season medical reports are often used to paint the rosiest picture possible of a person running for office. With only weeks until Election Day, Ms. Harris\u2019s campaign is trying to contrast the release of her medical information with Mr. Trump\u2019s refusal to do so and ignite questions about her opponent\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

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Vice President Kamala Harris released a letter on Saturday from her White House doctor, who said she is in \u201cexcellent health\u201d and is successfully managing some minor health issues.Ms. Harris, 59, has seasonal allergies, mild nearsightedness and skin hives that she treats with over-the-counter and prescription medication, wrote Joshua R. Simmons, the physician to the vice president.\u201cVice President Harris remains in excellent health,\u201d Dr. Simmons wrote in a two-page letter that appeared to be a summary but not a complete medical report. \u201cShe possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency, to include those as chief executive, head of state and commander in chief.\u201dMs. Harris has not had diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis or neurological disorders, Dr. Simmons wrote.The release of Ms. Harris\u2019s medical information comes as her rival, former President Donald J. Trump, who at 78 is the oldest person to become a presidential nominee, has refused to reveal similar basic health information. Neither candidate for the White House has allowed journalists to ask additional questions of their physicians.Because presidential candidates are under no requirement to share health records \u2014 their medical information is as private as any other citizen\u2019s \u2014 campaign-season medical reports are often used to paint the rosiest picture possible of a person running for office. With only weeks until Election Day, Ms. Harris\u2019s campaign is trying to contrast the release of her medical information with Mr. Trump\u2019s refusal to do so and ignite questions about her opponent\u2019s health.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14639,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14637"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14640,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14637\/revisions\/14640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}