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US Senator Mitch McConnell says absence due to fall and pneumonia

First publishedJul 8, 18:51 UTC
Last updatedJul 13, 04:37 UTC · 3m ago
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Fortune6Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat could sit empty for months—and a fast-approaching deadline is whyOpen ↗Seattle Times6McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health conditionOpen ↗CBS News8McConnell says he was "briefly unconscious," had pneumonia in health updateOpen ↗New York Post5Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, breaks silence on mystery ailment after hospital stay, questions about healthOpen ↗Axios7McConnell breaks weeks of silence about his hospitalizationOpen ↗Fortune6GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell ends frenzied speculation about his health, revealing a fall led to his hospitalization and he’s now in a rehab centerOpen ↗ABC News8Sen. Mitch McConnell says he was hospitalized due to a fall last monthOpen ↗CNBC Top News7McConnell provides health update after long unexplained absence; says he suffered fallOpen ↗Fox News Latest6Mitch McConnell breaks silence on mystery hospitalization after Graham's deathOpen ↗The Guardian US8Mitch McConnell reveals fall led to hospitalization after weeks of silenceOpen ↗NYT US9After Weeks of Silence, McConnell Says He Is Recovering From a FallOpen ↗NBC News8Mitch McConnell says he suffered fall, was unconscious in first statement since hospitalizationOpen ↗BBC World9US Senator Mitch McConnell says absence due to fall and pneumoniaOpen ↗
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US Senator Mitch McConnell revealed that his recent hospitalization was caused by a fall. He also stated he suffered from pneumonia and was briefly unconscious during the hospital stay.

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The veteran Republican says he will not return to work "quite yet", in his first statement following weeks of speculation about his health.

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