What happened to Neil Cavuto on Fox?

NEIL Cavuto is a steady figure on Fox News, but the anchor has faced his fair share of health issues over the years.

The 64-year-old New York native is the host of three different television programs: Your World with Neil Cavuto, Cavuto Live, and Cavuto: Coast to Coast.

What happened to Neil Cavuto?

Despite his busy schedule, Neil Cavuto has been dealing with health concerns for most of his career. 

In 1987, Neil was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer that attacks the body’s immune system.

He was diagnosed just a few years into his career after he graduated from St. Bonaventure University with a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication in 1980.

Neil went on to receive radiation and chemotherapy.

Ten years after his initial diagnosis, the television personality began experiencing symptoms again.

"I was stumbling and falling," the Fox News Channel anchor remembers of the summer of 1997, as he explained to in 2002. 

"I would wake up prickly. My legs felt like stilts."

He was then diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative neurological disease, in 1997.

"I didn't want to talk to anyone. I was very angry at the world. What the hell did I do? Was I a Nazi stormtrooper in a prior life?"

Is Neil Cavuto still working?

Neil Cavuto has maintained his career despite his diagnosis.

After a five-week break from television, Neil returned to his post on Monday, February 21, 2022.

On August 15, 2022, journalist Charles Payne  that he would be filling in for Neil Cavuto for the day.