Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign spokeswoman said he contracted a parasite years ago while traveling “extensively in Africa, South America and Asia in his work as an environmental advocate.”
By Meryl Kornfield, The Washington PostPresidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a campaign rally on Feb. 10 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
When asked about the incident, Kennedy campaign spokeswoman Stefanie Spear told The Washington Post that Kennedy contracted a parasite while traveling “extensively in Africa, South America and Asia in his work as an environmental advocate.” But a doctor at New York-Presbyterian Hospital told him the spot could be caused by “a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” he said in the deposition, according to the Times.
Since he announced he would run for president in April last year, Kennedy has not disclosed his medical records.
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