Overview
- Carrie Ann Inaba became suddenly ill mid-flight Wednesday on a Los Angeles–New York trip, received help from a doctor on board, and was met by paramedics at JFK.
- Port Authority Police and EMS confirmed a 2:37 p.m. medical response at Terminal 4 and said the passenger from the Delta flight was transported to a hospital.
- Inaba described dizziness, nausea, a cold sweat, and numb arms, said her blood pressure dropped in the ambulance, and noted IV fluids helped before she left the ER once stable.
- She told USA Today she is resting and expects to resume planned advocacy in New York tied to a Novartis campaign raising awareness of Sjögren’s syndrome.
- She emphasized the episode was not linked to her autoimmune diagnoses, which include Sjögren’s, an illness that often causes severe dryness.