Painful cough keeps George H.W. Bush hospitalized

HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush remains Monday in a Houston hospital, where he is being treated for a painful, lingering bronchitis-related cough, and there is no timeline for his release, his spokesman said.

Initially, aides had said the 88-year-old 41st president would be released from the hospital over the weekend. But he has a “nagging cough” and “we don’t have any idea when he’ll be released,” said Methodist Hospital spokesman George Kovacik.