Barbara Walters released from the hospital
Barbara Walters attends the Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center April 24, 2012, in New York. / AFP/Getty Images
LOS ANGELES ABC says Barbara Walters is out of the hospital and recovering from chicken pox at home.
ABC said Tuesday that the 83-year-old host on "The View" is resting comfortably and "getting stronger." There was no indication of when she might return to work.
Walters was hospitalized after falling and cutting her head at a pre-inaugural party in Washington on Jan. 19. The news veteran later was diagnosed with chicken pox, which typically hits people when they are children.
The disease can be serious in older people because of the possibility of complications like pneumonia.
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- Hard to believe that an old broad like her didn't have chicken pox as a kid.....I thought we all got it as kids before the vaccine came out about 20 years or so ago.
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- she most likely has shingles which is associated with geezers and old broads, but "chicken pox" sounds more youthful.
