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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

All right, today is Friday, February 17th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, Pennsylvania Senator John Federman on Wednesday checked himself into a Washington hospital to receive treatment for clinical depression, his chief of staff said, on Thursday.

While John has experienced depression on and off throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks.

The statement said, Federman was evaluated on Monday by Congress's attending physician Dr. Brian Monaghan,

who recommended inpatient care at Walter Reed Hospital. John agreed and he is receiving treatment

on a voluntary basis. Fetterman, a Democrat, won his seat in the November midterms. He suffered a stroke

during the campaign, which his doctors said was the result of an irregular heart rhythm that led

to a clot.

He recovered before the election and returned to the trail with limited appearances.

After the stroke, he worked with a speech therapist and also has had auditory processing issues

that requires the use of closed captioning devices.

He has no work restrictions and can work full duty in public office. His doctor said via his campaign in October.

Last week, Fetterman was hospitalized for several days of observation after feeling lightheaded,

though his aides said testing ruled out seizures or another stroke.

Experts say clinical depression isn't necessarily just feeling down and not being happy.

It's more than that.

Clinical depression is a

brain illness that impacts just about every aspect of a person's functioning, said Mark Friedlander, the

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