Fox Information’ John Roberts introduced Tuesday that he’s at present off the airwaves with what he described as a “extreme case of Malaria.”
“I can actually say that I’m the one particular person within the hospital with Malaria,” the 68-year-old host posted on X, previously Twitter.
He added, “In truth, one in every of my docs stated I’m the primary case he has ever seen.”
Roberts thanked colleague Hint Gallagher for “leaping into the chair” and sitting in for him alongside Sandra Smith on his weekday afternoon present “America Studies.”
It’s unclear when Roberts will return to work.
The CDC describes malaria as “a severe illness brought on by a parasite that infects a sure kind of mosquito” and famous that “most individuals get malaria from the chew of an infective mosquito.”
20 Years OfFreeJournalism
Your Assist Fuels Our Mission
Your Assist Fuels Our Mission
Assist JS
Already contributed? Log in to cover these messages.
Round 2,000 instances of the illness are reported in the US every year, the bulk being in individuals who have traveled overseas, the CDC famous. Extreme signs can embody kidney failure, psychological confusion and seizures.
