JUSTICE GINSBURG TREATED IN HOSPITAL

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore early Tuesday to receive treatment for a possible infection and will remain for a few days, according to the Supreme Court.

Ginsburg, 87, is the court’s oldest member, and her health has been a recurring public topic and source of both speculation and concern.

In a statement Tuesday afternoon, the court said Ginsburg had been experiencing fever and chills on Monday, so she was initially taken to Sibley Memorial Hospital in the District that night.

On Tuesday afternoon, she was given an endoscopic procedure “to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August,” the court said.

Ginsburg will stay in the hospital to receive intravenous antibiotics, the court said, adding that she was “resting comfortably.”

Justices typically get to decide how much information they reveal about their health, and the differences in disclosure can be stark.

Chief Justice John Roberts fell at a Maryland country club last month and stayed overnight at a hospital, something only revealed publicly when The Washington Post reported it last week.

Ginsburg has been more public with her medical issues, which included being treated four times for cancer. In November 2018, she fell in her office and fractured three ribs.

She was also taken to Johns Hopkins in May for a nonsurgical treatment of a benign gall bladder condition and, last year, also was treated there following chills and a fever. Ginsburg declared herself cancer free earlier this year following treatment for pancreatic cancer last summer.

Last year, Ginsburg missed oral arguments for the first time in her career while recovering from cancer surgery.