Barbara Walters, who has remained hospitalized since a recent fall for treatment of a persistent fever, is suffering from chicken pox, her doctors told her this weekend.
The news was revealed on the ABC network show that Ms. Walters owns, “The View,” by the program’s host, Whoopi Goldberg, on Monday morning.
The diagnosis explains the fainting spell that Ms. Walters, who is 83, suffered in Washington last week, which led to her fall, and the lingering fever that has kept her hospitalized, first in Washington and now in Manhattan.
Ms. Goldberg said on the show that Ms. Walters had never previously contracted the condition, which is usually associated with children.
Article source: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/doctors-say-barbara-walters-has-chicken-pox/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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