Overview
- Murphy began feeling numbness in his arm while at his son's hockey game on Saturday and was taken to a local hospital where doctors diagnosed a stroke.
- After initial care he was transferred to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for specialist monitoring and treatment.
- His chief of staff says he is awake, alert and responding well to treatment, and medical teams are encouraged about his progress.
- Murphy’s campaign appearances have been paused and his recent travel to campaign for other Democrats in Michigan, Minnesota and Florida is expected to be affected.
- Murphy is a senior senator who serves on the Foreign Relations and Appropriations committees, and his stroke has been noted alongside other recent health incidents among lawmakers as officials monitor his recovery and timing for a return to duties.