US President Donald Trump is in “exceptional health”, his doctor says, following a check-up that included lab tests and preventive health assessments.
Trump spent roughly three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre for what his doctor, Navy Captain Sean Barbabella, called a “scheduled follow-up evaluation” that was a “part of his ongoing health maintenance plan”.
While there, the president also got his yearly flu shot, as well as a Covid-19 booster vaccine.
“President Donald J Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological and physical performance,” Capt Barbabella wrote in a one-page memo released by the White House.
The doctor noted in the memo that the evaluation helped prepare for Trump’s upcoming overseas trips and i