Bloomberg Law
Nov. 24, 2019, 5:19 PM UTC

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Discharged From Hospital, Court Says

Greg Stohr
Greg Stohr
Bloomberg News
Ros Krasny
Bloomberg News

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from a Baltimore hospital Sunday and is “home and doing well,” the court said in a statement.

The 86-year-old was hospitalized Friday night with chills and a fever, and her condition improved Saturday.

“With intravenous antibiotics and fluids, her symptoms have abated,” the court said in a statement Saturday night. Ginsburg was first evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington and then transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, about 40 miles away.

The episode is the latest in a series of recent health scares for Ginsburg, a four-time cancer survivor and ...

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