comprehensive -WSS

comprehensive

author：entertainment 2025-09-14 18:27:23 - browse：4168

Mitch McConnell, after the 81-year-old GOP leader froze at the microphones as he arrived for a news conference, at the Capitol in Washington. -- health coverage from STAT — J. Scott Applewhite/AP

The handling of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s abrupt medical issue this week is raising concerns among medical experts that the event sent a potentially dangerous public-health message — that when someone experiences an episode with symptoms like McConnell’s, they can simply return to work as though nothing had happened.

McConnell experienced the episode on Wednesday — freezing and remaining silent for about 20 seconds during a press conference, then showing signs of disorientation — and was led away by aides while cameras rolled.

Minutes later, the Kentucky senator, 81, returned to the press briefing and said, “I’m fine.” He didn’t answer specific questions about whether he was examined by a doctor. A McConnell aide later said the senator had felt light-headed.

Unlock this article by subscribing to STAT+ and enjoy your first 30 days free!

GET STARTED Log In

Previous article： Drug repurposing or repositioning? The language matters
Next article： Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal

WSS

Study: Black kids more likely to die after surgery than white kids

Trial using CRISPR to edit HIV out of cells disappoints

U.K. decision on ALS drug has neurologists, advocates up in arms

Spinal cord stimulation reduces pain in amputees, study finds

Overprescribed: High cost isn't America's only drug problem

People with mental disorders often marry others with same

hotspot

comprehensive

knowledge

Guidelines to prevent youth baseball injuries need more muscle

Pregnancy discrimination could be enabled by AI

Sports medicine is finally prioritizing gender equality

Four alarming medical procedures we’re glad history forgot

ChatGPT in medicine: STAT answers readers' burning questions

CMS should re

The high cost of giving birth even with insurance

Pancreatic cancer is often deadly, but new discoveries are raising hope

Over 800 arrested across France in 3rd night of riots after fatal police shooting of teen

Republican states more likely to report Covid vaccine side effects

knowledge

Young boy dies in trial for Pfizer Duchenne gene therapy

Pregnancy discrimination could be enabled by AI

Why sickle cell disease is getting the first CRISPR treatment

Four alarming medical procedures we’re glad history forgot

Radiology is caught between AI's potential and concern for patients

UnitedHealth, in a surprise, takes aim at Steward’s physician group

hotspot

entertainment

focus

hotspot