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WASHINGTON — President Biden will get his annual physical on Feb. 16, the White House said Wednesday — after promising the checkup would be completed by the end of January. When asked by reporters for an update Jan. 20 on when the exam would take place, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answered: “He will have one before the — by the time the end of this month is out.” An administration official said in a statement that the delay “was just a matter of scheduling around what has been a busy and evolving travel schedule in recent weeks.” The...

President Joe Biden joined his wife Jill Biden at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Wednesday ahead of a minor skin surgery for the first lady. The White House said Jill Biden would get Mohs surgical procedure to remove a small lesion above her right eye but did not say whether the president would receive any medical attention during the visit. Although it appears that Biden traveled with the First Lady to provide moral support, his trip could indicate some sort of medical treatment for the president.

There was a "lot missing" from President Joe Biden's routine physical, including a cognitive examination, because the current White House physician didn't want to reveal the answers those tests could have determined. "That's his approach right now, not to ask the questions that he doesn't want the answers to," said Ronny Jackson White House doctor for Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama." "They know that if they gave him a cognitive test he would have failed miserably, and then they would have had to explain that away somehow." Dr. Kevin O'Connor, current White House physician, reported after last week's physical,...

There was a "lot missing" from President Joe Biden's first routine physical as the nation's leader, including a cognitive examination, and that's because the current White House physician didn't want to reveal the answers those tests could have determined, Rep. Ronny Jackson, former White House doctor, said on Newsmax Wednesday.

*** SNIP *** ...Dr. Marc Siegel ... said he has some concerns about information lacking from the report that would provide a clearer understanding of the gait issue Biden faces. "I don't like that they ascribe his gait issues to a broken foot. First of all, why did he fall," Siegel inquired, adding that the report also "prescribes the gait problem to spondylosis." "That's an incomplete characterization," Siegel continued, stressing the importance of understanding why Biden is facing certain health issues. "What I want to know is, where's the MRIs and where's the EMGs? "They did a thorough neurological exam,...

President Biden "remains a healthy, vigorous 78-year-old male who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency," White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor wrote in a memo to White House press secretary Jen Psaki Friday. But O'Connor also took note of a couple of issues evident in the president's health profile after the completion of Mr. Biden's routine physical Friday morning. O'Connor noted that there has been an increase in the frequency of Mr. Biden's coughing during public speeches. He has always coughed, O'Connor said, but the coughing has become "more frequent and pronounced" over the last few...