{"id":187087,"date":"2025-08-30T10:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/187087\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:38:09","slug":"fox-news-anchor-john-roberts-hospitalized-with-severe-malaria-chicago-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/187087\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News anchor John Roberts hospitalized with \u2018severe\u2019 malaria \u2013 Chicago Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran Fox News anchor John Roberts is opening up on his \u201csevere\u201d case of malaria<\/a> after suffering \u201cuncontrolled shivering\u201d while on the air this week.<\/p>\n

The 68-year-old, who refuted AI reports of his death<\/a> earlier this year, revealed he\u2019s currently battling a serious bout of the mosquito-borne illness that the CDC warns can be life-threatening<\/a> \u201cif not quickly diagnosed and appropriately treated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roberts said he was diagnosed with the potentially fatal disease on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had been hurting from the top of my head to the tip of my toes. Literally everywhere,\u201d he told People. \u201cI was also beset with uncontrolled shivering<\/a> all during my show.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cAmerica Reports\u201d<\/a> host said he initially thought the symptoms he experienced were \u201cjust muscle cramps and aches\u201d until he began shivering. That\u2019s when he began believing he had the flu.<\/p>\n

After a visit to the rheumatologist, who determined his platelets and white blood cells were both low, he rushed to the emergency room, where he officially received his diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought, \u2018Of course you have malaria \u2026 You never do anything in small measures,\u2019\u201d Roberts said. \u201cBut I was a little scared. Malaria can be deadly if left unchecked.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know exactly how \u2018severe\u2019 it was from a medical classification, but it sure felt severe,\u201d he added. \u201cI have never felt that sick in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

While thanking Fox News correspondent Trace Gallagher<\/a> for filling in for him on air, Roberts said on social media he was \u201cthe only person in the hospital with malaria. In fact, one of my doctors said I\u2019m the first case he has ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are approximately 2,000 cases of malaria diagnosed every year in the U.S<\/a>., according to the CDC.<\/p>\n

Originally Published: August 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM CDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran Fox News anchor John Roberts is opening up on his \u201csevere\u201d case of malaria after suffering \u201cuncontrolled…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":187088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[171,210,1370,108,50,1072,7156,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-187087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-national-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-things-to-do","14":"tag-tv-and-streaming","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115117287427719683","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}