 Forbes and TWC subsequently released a PSA urging people to have regular checkups and, when necessary, cancer screenings.In December 2014, Forbes wrote on his Facebook page that his doctor found no traces of cancer in his body.On January 12, 2017, The Weather Channel announced on its Facebook page that Forbes has decided to go from full-time to part-time status, due in part to his "colon cancer scare" three years earlier.