# Former Fox host suffers severe health upset after MS diagnosis: ‘It could take months to recover’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/former-fox-host-suffers-severe-health-upset-after-ms-diagnosis-it-could-take-months-to-recover/
- Published: 2026-11-09T23:49:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T00:25:21+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://pagesix.com/2026/11/09/celebrity-news/former-fox-host-janice-dean-suffers-severe-health-upset-after-ms-diagnosis/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Janice Dean says she has viral meningitis.
- She says recovery could take months.
- She left Fox & Friends as her MS progressed.

## Summary

Janice Dean, the former Fox & Friends meteorologist, said she has viral meningitis and has never felt so ill. She warned that recovery could take months, describing the diagnosis as a setback while she is already managing multiple sclerosis.

Dean, 56, thanked the doctors, nurses, friends, neighbours and family who have supported her, as well as people who sent prayers. She left Fox & Friends in June after 22 years because her MS symptoms made the programme’s demanding schedule, including 2.30am starts, difficult to manage. She was diagnosed with MS in 2005 and was hospitalised last month for tests after feeling unwell.

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