| Everything you needed to know about Hillary and Trump's health | Did you know that Hillary Clinton has been a lifelong allergy sufferer, had a sinus infection earlier this year and takes medication for hypothyroidism?
She's also been on a course of antibiotics for the past week after being diagnosed with a mild case of bacterial pneumonia.
She's feeling much better now, thank you for asking.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump had a colonoscopy last year.
Ouchie.
That said, he's 70 and he says he's never been to hospital other than to have his appendix out when he was 11. That's good going.
He needs to lose a few pounds though. That pesky BMI has him almost in the obese category.
No more KFC, Mr Presidential nominee?
Such is the level of the debate in America this week after Hillary left a 9/11 memorial event early on Sunday because she was feeling unwell.
She was filmed looking extremely woozy and being manhandled into her car by the Secret Service. Apparently she lost a shoe. It was all a bit messy and not very presidential nominee-ish.
Years of conspiracy theories about Hillary's health suddenly became legitimate discussion points.
And yes, her campaign made it worse by initially saying she was merely "overheated" before admitting she'd been diagnosed with pneumonia two days earlier.
I'm no political apparatchik but it seems to me that was a bad call. Duh.
The incident has caused two problems for the Democratic nominee that will be tricky to shake.
Firstly, it adds to the case among voters who already don't trust her, that she's dishonest and her campaign lacks transparency.
Secondly, it plays directly to Trump's argument that she lacks the stamina to be the president.
There is a counter argument that she continued with her gruelling schedule until she literally crashed.
But she showed weakness, and I'm sorry to say it, but for women weakness is a no, no, especially if you're running for the leadership of the free world.
The Huffington Post collected some of the best reactions from Twitter.
I wonder how different the reaction would have been had Trump taken a couple of sick days with the flu? (That's an actual question).
As it stands, he's had the week to run around looking boisterously healthy and glowingly presidential.
He's even managed to avoid sticking it to Hillary — at least for most of the week — saying only that he hopes she gets well.
That was until last night, when he took a mighty swipe.
Anyway, the upshot is that we now have more medical info on Hillary and Trump than we had before, after they both released new details: see specimen A and specimen B.
Hillary is back out on the road now. (I'm here too by the way, G'day from a plane somewhere over North Carolina!).
Oh and guess what? The latest head-to-head polls are tied. Uh huh.
So let's get on with it, shall we? As you were nominees, proceed.
HE SAID
"It's lucky I brought some notes" — Trump in New York on Thursday after the teleprompter malfunctioned. Trump has grown comfortable with the teleprompter after some rough days early on.
SHE SAID "I'm not great at taking it easy, even under ordinary circumstances, but with just two months to go until election day? Sitting at home was pretty much the last place I wanted to be" — Hillary after reappearing on the campaign trail in North Carolina on Thursday.
BY THE NUMBERS
62 per cent — the number of voters who think Trump is not qualified to be president, according to a new Quinnipiac Poll. Hillary's numbers were better but still high at 38 per cent.
Trump released a child care and maternity leave plan on Tuesday night that was spearheaded by his daughter, Ivanka.
The plan includes six weeks of paid maternity leave and tax deductions for stay-at-home parents.
Ivanka was doing the media rounds spruiking the new program, but was caught off guard by a persistent journalist from Cosmopolitan and sensed "a lot of negativity in [the] questions". Go Cosmo.
FORGIVE ME LORD FOR I HAVE SINNED
Trump's last-minute trip to Flint, Michigan, was overshadowed by a run-in with the local pastor at a church he was speaking at.
Midway through his remarks, things turned political, and the pastor interrupted him.
Trump quickly got back on track. Awks.
THE TRUMP PATH TO VICTORY
Many still seem perplexed by the idea that Trump could claim the White House.
It's important to remember he needs to secure 270 electoral college votes to claim victory.
Harry Enten from FiveThirtyEight shows us in one map the quickest and perhaps easiest, route for Trump to the Oval Office.
GIF OF THE WEEK
The President was back on the stump for Hillary this week in Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvanian city is famous for the Rocky steps and the President couldn't help but do his very own impression of Mr Balboa.
Too good.
RICK PERRY DANCING
Oh, and remember the other week when we told you that former presidential hopeful Rick Perry was joining the cast of Dancing with the Stars.
Well, his performance on the dance floor was about as successful as his presidential campaign. Ten points for the Texan charm, though.
WHERE'S BERNIE?
Bernie Sanders has gone back to being Senator Sanders and this week was back on Capitol Hill talking about his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Perhaps in more interesting former presidential candidate news, John Kasich, the second runner-up in the race for the Republican nomination is appearing at the White House press briefing tomorrow to discuss, you guessed it, support for the TPP.
T-SHIRT TIME
Hillary's "basket of deplorables" comment last week has given us some incredibly stoic Trump t-shirts this week.
Ben Jacobs from The Guardian documented some of the best. Which one is your favourite?
We plan to head off to the quack for a check up just to make sure we can keep up with the candidates for the next 50 plus days. It's a gruelling schedule people.
As my Mum would say: "Take your vitamins darling!" (I am, promise).
That's your weekly wrap.
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