Overview

• Roberts, 68, said he experienced uncontrolled shivering during a broadcast along with severe body aches, and his rheumatologist directed him to the ER.
• He believes he contracted the infection during a two‑week trip to Indonesia and began feeling sick about 10 days after returning to the U.S.
• Hospital teams are treating him with IV artesunate, the U.S. first‑line therapy for severe malaria, which he described as a “big gun” against the parasite.
• He described recovery as “up and down,” hopes to be discharged soon, and plans to return to work on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
• In a post on X, he thanked Inova Health and noted a doctor told him it was the first malaria case the physician had seen, as most U.S. cases are imported and total about 2,000 annually.