Fox News anchor John Roberts is on the mend after contracting malaria. Roberts, 70, shared a health update via X on Saturday, August 30, that revealed he was planning to leave Virginia's Inova Fairfax hospital "after five days and six nights." The TV star wrote, "I hope to be heading back home to my family today," before reflecting on the illness itself, which is described by Mayo Clinic as a parasite "spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes." Roberts wrote, "Malaria is an awful disease that needs to be attacked full-force when a diagnosis is made.