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Katie Couric’s Memory Blackout | Birmingham News
Katie Couric suffered a bizarre and terrifying health scare when she lost all short-term memory for hours—unable to recall the year, who the president was, or even what happened between noon and 7 PM after an event in Colorado. Rushed to a hospital in Aspen, doctors initially feared a stroke, but an MRI revealed nothing wrong. Instead, she was diagnosed with transient global amnesia, a rare, temporary memory blackout that usually clears within 24 hours. Though the cause remains a mystery, it’s often linked to stress or exertion—though Couric didn’t report either. She called it a “big, black…
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