HHS secretary briefly hospitalized for ‘minor infection’

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar is back at work Monday after being hospitalized for a minor infection.

“I’m grateful for the incredible doctors & nurses who provided me with excellent care during my one-night stay at @StVincentIN. Also thankful for my wife, who insisted that I call my primary care doctor when I wasn’t feeling well. Glad to be back at work for the American people,” Azar tweeted. 

I’m grateful for the incredible doctors & nurses who provided me with excellent care during my one-night stay at @StVincentIN. Also thankful for my wife, who insisted that I call my primary care doctor when I wasn’t feeling well. Glad to be back at work for the American people.

— Alex Azar (@SecAzar) April 16, 2018

An HHS spokesperson said Sunday evening Azar was hospitalized to treat a minor infection out of an “abundance of caution.”

“Earlier this evening the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex M. Azar II, was treated with intravenous antibiotics for a minor infection,” a spokesperson said in a statement. 

“Out of an abundance of caution, he has been admitted to a hospital for observation.” 

{mosads}The Washington Post also reported that Azar is “doing fine” and working from the hospital. 

Azar was sworn in as HHS secretary in January, following the resignation of Tom Price.

This story was updated at 1:32 p.m.