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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appeared to be on the mend Friday morning after seeking medical attention the night before for dehydration.

“I look good now, don’t I?” Yellen told fellow passengers at the Hartford, Conn., airport while waiting to board a flight back to Washington, according to Bloomberg News.

Bloomberg said she made the comments to a couple who had attended her speech the night before at the University of Massachusetts. Yellen paused and coughed as she struggled to finish her speech about monetary policy and inflation.

“Chair Yellen felt dehydrated at the end of a long speech under bright lights. As a precaution, she was seen by EMT staff on-site at U-Mass Amherst. She felt fine afterward and has continued with her schedule Thursday evening,” the Fed said in a statement Thursday.

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