The weather anchor announced in November that she would be taking time away from the show due to health reasons.

*Fox & Friends *meteorologist Janice Dean is leaving after 22 years due to health issues

The weather anchor announced in November that she would be taking time away from the show due to health reasons.

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- *Fox & Friends* meteorologist Janice Dean is saying goodbye after 22 years.

- The cohost revealed that she is stepping away from her role because her MS symptoms have "progressed."

- "Ultimately, my symptoms progressed to the point that I can no longer continue working in my role," she said.

Longtime *Fox & Friends* senior meteorologist Janice Dean is bidding farewell to the network after 22 years to focus on her health.

The 56-year-old weather anchor confirmed that she is stepping away from the morning talk show amid her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis.

“For a long time, I was able to handle the early mornings, the many hours on my feet, and the stress of broadcasting live,” Dean said in an X post on Thursday. “Getting up at 2:30 in the morning and performing anything is hard, but especially for someone who has multiple sclerosis.”

Janice Dean in 2014.

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The television host explained that those fighting the chronic neurological disorder “may look fine” on the outside, “but our immune system is attacking the brain, the spinal cord, and sometimes the optic nerve” and can leave behind painful, internal scarring.

“Thankfully, I was diagnosed early, and I’ve been on different therapies for over the last two decades,” Dean said. “But there’s no cure for MS, and over time, my symptoms have progressed.”

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She noted that “lack of sleep and stress are some of the biggest triggers” for multiple sclerosis and that she’d been “increasingly feeling the effects of my limitations,” adding, “Ultimately, my symptoms progressed to the point that I can no longer continue working in my role, and my doctors agreed that stepping away was necessary for my health.”

Dean confessed that she’s going to miss all of the friends she’s made during her over two-decade-long tenure on the show, as well as “the places I’ve visited, the storms I’ve covered, and the millions of viewers who have invited me into their homes every morning.”

She also shared that she’s “grateful for my family and closest friends” who are supporting her throughout “these really tough moments” like saying goodbye.

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“But I know how lucky I was, and that’s why it’s so hard to finally say the words,” Dean continued. “So maybe I’ll call this my ‘mostly sunny goodbye’ because, for every goodbye, there’s always the next hello. And maybe the chance to meet again one day, in a different place, at another time.”

She concluded, “Take good care of yourselves. Be well. God bless you all and thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

Dean, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2005, has been open about her condition in the past, detailing her experience with the chronic illness in her 2019 book *Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days.*

In a November Facebook post, Dean wrote that she would be “taking a break from work” due to some “health issues that require rest and time to heal.”

Janice Dean in 2022.

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She added, “I’ve always been up front and honest about my life, and I felt I owed you an explanation of my absence.  But, I will be back. Grateful to you all for the kind words.”

In the caption of her farewell video, Dean acknowledged that “so many of you have been wondering where I’ve been” in the months since, writing, “Please know I’ve read your comments, prayers and words of support and kindness. It meant the world to me.”

She continued, “Goodbyes are hard.  But they are necessary before you can meet again… Love, JD.”

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