Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted to hospital for possible infection

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taking questions from first-year students at Georgetown Law on September 26.

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  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital for a possible infection, according to a statement Tuesday from the Supreme Court.

  • Ginsburg is "resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days and receive intravenous antibiotic treatment," the Supreme Court representative said.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital for a possible infection, according to a representative from the Supreme Court.

Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after being evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, a statement said Tuesday. She had been experiencing a fever and chills, the statement from the Supreme Court said.

The statement added that the justice also had a bile-duct stent cleaned that was placed in August but was "resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days and receive intravenous antibiotic treatment."

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