The kind of blood clot in the skull that doctors say Hillary Rodham Clinton has is relatively uncommon but can occur after an injury like the fall and concussion the secretary of state was diagnosed with earlier this month. Doctors said Monday that an MRI scan revealed a clot in a vein in the space between the brain and the skull behind Clinton's right ear. The clot did not lead to a stroke or neurological damage and is being treated with blood thinners, and she will be released once the proper dose is worked out, her doctors said in a statement. Clinton has been at New York-Presbyterian Hospital since Sunday, when the clot was diagnosed during what the doctors called a routine follow-up exam. At the time, her spokesman would not say where the clot was located, leading to speculation it was another leg clot like the one she suffered behind her right knee in 1998. Clinton had been diagnosed with a concussion Dec. 13 after a fall in her home that was blamed on a stomach virus that le...

WASHINGTONSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital Sunday after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained this month. Clinton's doctors discovered the clot Sunday while performing a follow-up exam, said her spokesman, Philippe Reines. He would not elaborate on the location of the clot but said Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants and would remain at New York-Presbyterian Hospital for at least the next 48 hours so doctors can monitor the medication. "Her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion," Reines said in a statement. "They will determine if any further action is required." Clinton, 65, fell and suffered a concussion while at home alone in mid-December as she recovered from a stomach virus that left her severely dehydrated. The concussion was diagnosed Dec. 13, and Clinton was forced to cancel a trip to North Africa and th...

Secretary of state hospitalized at New York-Presbyterian hospital after follow-up exam found the clot Was treated for a concussion earlier this month after fainting while she battled a stomach virus Spokesman would not say where the blood clot is located By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 20:06 EST, 30 December 2012 | UPDATED: 20:30 EST, 30 December 2012 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines said her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam on Sunday. Mr Reines said Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants - but would not say where the blood clot is located. Health scare: Hillary Clinton's doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam on Sunday Clinton was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital so doctors can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours. Ai...

Clinton (Gary Cameron/Reuters) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will return to work next week, her spokesman said, following a stomach virus that caused her to faint and suffer a concussion, which kept her from her official duties for three weeks. "The Secretary continues to recuperate at home," spokesman Philippe Reines emailed reporters. "She had long planned totake this holiday week off, so she had no work schedule. She looksforward to getting back to the office next week and resuming herschedule." The virus and subsequent concussion led Clinton to cancel her highly anticipated congressional testimony Dec. 20 on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 other diplomats. The administration has been roundly criticized by Republicans and others for how the attack was reported to the public and whether consulate security prior to the attack was adequate. The politically charged subject matter of ...

WASHINGTON Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to return to work next week, almost three weeks after being sidelined by a concussion. Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says Clinton continues to recuperate at home and will resume her office schedule next week. He says Clinton had no schedule this week because of a long-planned holiday. Aides and doctors say Clinton contracted a stomach virus in early December and became dehydrated, then fainted, fell and hit her head. She was diagnosed with a concussion on Dec. 13 and hasn't been seen in public since. Clinton's illness led her to cancel an overseas trip and scheduled testimony before Congress about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks during a World AIDS Day ceremony at the State Department in Washington on November 29, 2012. Clinton unveiled a new roadmap for an AIDS-free generation. UPI/Kevin Dietsch License photo Published: Dec. 28, 2012 at 12:58 AM WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to be back on the job next week, an aide said Thursday. "The secretary continues to recuperate at home. She had long planned to take this holiday week off, so she had no work schedule. She looks forward to getting back to the office next week and resuming her schedule," Philippe Reines told The Cable, a blog operated by Foreign Policy magazine . Clinton's office announced Dec. 9 she was canceling a trip to the Middle East because of a viral infection. She later suffered a concussion from a fall related to the illness and was unable to testify before House and Senate committees investigating the attack on the U.S. Consulate in ...

Published on Dec 28, 2012 8:46 AM Purchase this article for republication Buy SPH photos US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at the State Department in Washington on the deaths of US embassy staff in Benghazi in this Sept 12, 2012 file photo. Mrs Clinton is expected to return to work next week, almost three weeks after being sidelined by a concussion. -- PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON (AP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to return to work next week, almost three weeks after being sidelined by a concussion. Her spokesman Philippe Reines said she continues to recuperate at home and will resume her office schedule next week. He added that she had no schedule this week because of a long-planned holiday. Aides and doctors said Mrs Clinton contracted a stomach virus in early December and became dehydrated, then fainted, fell and hit her head. She was diagnosed with a concussion on Dec 13 and has not been seen in public since. TO READ THE FULL STORY......

The anti-Hillary Clinton industrial-entertainment complex has been dormant recently. | AP Photo Close Her poll numbers are staggering. Fellow Democrats fear her. So do some Republicans. The main question now is, when will the right start hating Hillary Clinton again and kick a Stop HRC movement into high gear? You could hear the sounds of the ignition being turned during the past 10 days as an illness that led to a concussion (under circumstances that the public still knows little about) forced Clinton to cancel Senate testimony about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi . That led to charges of a cover-up from some dependably anti-Clinton quarters, such as the New York Post and former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton. Continue Reading Clinton talks successor at State ( PHOTOS: Hillary Clinton's 2012 travels ) A blog post Wednesday by The Weekly Standard promptly blared across the Drudge Report with the headline, Wheres Hillary? questioned the scant explanation out of Clin...

Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) President Barack Obama's outgoing cabinet received mixed reviews in a new poll, but his wife, first lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, still got high marks. Seventy-three percent of Americans approved of the way Michelle Obama was handling her job as first lady, compared to 20 percent who disapproved, according to CNN/ORC International poll released Wednesday. Among the causes the first lady has championed since 2008 is the "Let's Move!" programme, designed to combat childhood obesity by encouraging healthier eating habits and exercise. She's also taken on unemployment among America's military veterans through the "Joining Forces" programme, which matches servicemen and women with job search resources. In the poll, Clinton also received high marks - 66 percent of Americans approved of the job she's doing, compared to 30 percent who disapproved. The poll was taken almost entirely ahead of a scathi...

WASHINGTON Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised to beef up security at U.S. embassies and diplomatic missions after a panel investigating the killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens criticized what it called "systemic failures." VOA's Jerome Socolovsky spoke to a former American diplomat who warns that more security may damage America's oreign relations. After the September 11 attack in Benghazi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton convened an Accountability Review Board to investigate. The panel's vice chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen, presented the findings on December 18. "The board found that the security posture at the special mission compound was inadequate for the threat environment in Benghazi and in fact grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place that night," he said. Clinton has accepted all 29 of the report's recommendations. Senator John Kerry, Clinton's nominated successor, praised her decision...

Do you hear that faint sound? It's the grumbling of conservative pundits who are now churning out a theory that Hillary Clinton is lying bout her concussion to avoid having to testify about Benghazi . Clinton had a concussion recently, her team said Saturday .And The Daily Caller's Jim Treacherisn't sending the Secretary of State a get-well card until she proves she was really hurt. He writes: If she has a concussion, lets see the medical report. Lets see some proof that shes not just stonewalling. If its true, then we can all wish her a speedy recovery. But its ridiculous to expect us to take her word for it. And there's more: P.S. If you demanded Romneys tax returns but you think its paranoid to ask for Hillary Clintons medical report, #YouMightBeALiberal Of course Romney didn't release his full tax returns, but that's not neither here nor there. Back to Concussiongate: the State Department released a statement saying that "while suffering from a stoma...

After 31 years of public service, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves the limelight behind. On Friday, President Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to take her place as secretary of state, leaving Clinton to help him move in and then bow out. Over the past three decades , Clinton has served her country in one way or another, a tenure that was full of firsts. She was the only first lady to refuse the traditional cookie bake off and the first secretary of state to visit more than 100 countries. She served under the first black president and was the first first lady to have an office in the West Wing of the White House. Clinton was the first secretary of state to visit East Timor, and the first first lady to later win elective office. And long before she ever appeared on a ballot, Clinton was the first child born to Hugh and Dorothy Rodham. Hillary Clinton Through the Years Her departure from the State Department does not come as a surprise. For the past year, she has made cl...

Washington, Dec. 24 ( ANI ): As Hillary Clinton exits the political stage in coming weeks, her daughter Chelsea Clinton , who has evolved into a self-assured public figure in her own right, is getting ready to play an increasingly larger role in national debates. This, according to Politico, could mean serving as the Clinton public face, as Hillary Clinton takes a break from permanent public life after ending her stint as the US Secretary of State. Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland , a staunch Hillary Clinton backer in her 2008 primary campaign, called Chelsea a "person of considerable skill and competence" and a "powerhouse". Chelsea took her first steps on a political issue in New York in 2011, phone-banking and volunteering to help pass New York's gay marriage law. She reportedly helped convince her father to change his views on the issue - one that her mother has not yet weighed in on. At age 32, Chelsea is in a very different place than she was even fo...

After 31 years of public service, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves the limelight behind. On Friday, President Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to take her place as secretary of state, leaving Clinton to help him move in and then bow out. Over the past three decades , Clinton has served her country in one way or another, a tenure that was full of firsts. She was the only first lady to refuse the traditional cookie bake off and the first secretary of state to visit more than 100 countries. She served under the first black president and was the first first lady to have an office in the West Wing of the White House. Clinton was the first secretary of state to visit East Timor, and the first first lady to later win elective office. And long before she ever appeared on a ballot, Clinton was the first child born to Hugh and Dorothy Rodham. Her departure from the State Department does not come as a surprise. For the past year, she has made clear her intentions to step down an...

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. She has been Americas most admired woman for a decade. World leaders all but bow before her and seas part at a flick of her hand. Late-night pundits well, comedian Jon Stewart , anyway have already called the 2016 election in her favor. Hillary Clinton announced when she was nominated for secretary of state that she would serve only one term. The ugly and divisive battle over her replacement has kept analysts busy for weeks. Now that issue, at least, has been settled. On Friday President Barack Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) for the top job at Foggy Bottom, a post he reportedly has long coveted. Clintons exit from the State Department is likely to be marred by the long shadow of Benghazi. The attack on the US Consulate this past Sept. 11, in which four Americans died, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, was a major bone of contention in the presidential elections. Now an independent inquiry has laid the blame on systemic failures and leadership and m...

President Obama has officially nominated Hillary Clinton's successor: John Kerry. The Democratic senator and former presidential candidate has extensive foreign policy experience. It is a Herculean task for US President Barack Obama: finding a new secretary of state to replace Hillary Clinton. He or she has to feel at home on all continents, be just as well versed in the Middle East as in Asia and Europe, and is constantly traveling. In addition, the future secretary has to be able to manage an army of diplomats posted all over the world, for which he or she has to demand the necessary budget from Congress, and keep pace with constantly changing technical challenges. Incumbent Secretary of State Clinton announced several weeks ago that she would step down at the end of this presidential term. Her current ill health most likely strengthens this decision. Clinton has been off work sick since early December when, dehydrated from a stomach virus contracted during a trip to Europe, she ...

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. She has been Americas most admired woman for a decade. World leaders all but bow before her and seas part at a flick of her hand. Late-night pundits well, comedian Jon Stewart , anyway have already called the 2016 election in her favor. Hillary Clinton announced when she was nominated for secretary of state that she would serve only one term. The ugly and divisive battle over her replacement has kept analysts busy for weeks. Now that issue, at least, has been settled. On Friday President Barack Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) for the top job at Foggy Bottom, a post he reportedly has long coveted. Clintons exit from the State Department is likely to be marred by the long shadow of Benghazi. The attack on the US Consulate this past Sept. 11, in which four Americans died, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, was a major bone of contention in the presidential elections. Now an independent inquiry has laid the blame on systemic failures and leadership and m...

President Obama has officially nominated Hillary Clinton's successor: John Kerry. The Democratic senator and former presidential candidate has extensive foreign policy experience. It is a Herculean task for US President Barack Obama: finding a new secretary of state to replace Hillary Clinton. He or she has to feel at home on all continents, be just as well versed in the Middle East as in Asia and Europe, and is constantly traveling. In addition, the future secretary has to be able to manage an army of diplomats posted all over the world, for which he or she has to demand the necessary budget from Congress, and keep pace with constantly changing technical challenges. Incumbent Secretary of State Clinton announced several weeks ago that she would step down at the end of this presidential term. Her current ill health most likely strengthens this decision. Clinton has been off work sick since early December when, dehydrated from a stomach virus contracted during a trip to Europe, she ...

Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 6:20pm State Department Related Hillary Clinton says she will "step aside" if President Obama is re-elected Hillary Clinton staying away from mid-term campaigning Clinton: No interest in job if Obama wins in 2012 Obama and Bill Clinton: On same team but not always reading same playbook Clinton begins role as Secretary of State This is one in a series of Fast Facts offered from the CNN Library giving a more in-depth look at a person or topic in the news. Here's a look at the life of Hillary Clinton. Personal: Birth date: October 26, 1947 Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Hillary Diane Rodham Father: Hugh Ellsworth, a businessman Mother: Dorothy (Howell) Rodham Marriage: Bill Clinton, (October 11, 1975 - present) Children: Chelsea, December 27, 1980 Education: Wellesley College, B.A., 1969; Yale University Law! School, J.D., 1973 Religion: Methodist Other Facts: Hillary and Bill Clinton met in the Yale Law Library in the early 1970s....

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a speech to the media at the government palace in Lima, Peru. - Source: Reuters Clinton accepts Benghazi findings, orders broad changes Hilary Clinton faints, sustains concussion US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not known for avoiding controversy. But as Washington reviews an independent inquiry that slammed Clinton's State Department for failures related to the fatal September attack on the US diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, Clinton herself remains sidelined by illness and out of the public eye. "All of you who know Hillary know that she would rather be here today," Senate foreign relations committee chairman John Kerry - tipped as Clinton's likely replacement to head the State Department when she steps down next month - told a hearing devoted to the Benghazi attack today. "I know how deeply she feels the importance of the discussion that we're having today, and I assure you, it is not her choice th...