Nov 22 WATCH: Anthony Fauci reflects on career, pandemic in final briefing By Mike Stobbe, Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press After more than fifty years in government, Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, briefed reporters from the White House on Tuesday, delivering what he called his "final message" from that podium, urging Americans to get their COVID-19 booster shots. Continue reading
Sep 15 WATCH: U.S. health officials warns monkeypox could mutate to resist antiviral drug By Matthew Perrone, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press U.S. health officials are warning against overuse of the lone drug available to treat monkeypox, saying that even a small mutation in the virus could render the pills ineffective. Continue reading
Sep 14 WATCH: Senate committee hearing on monkeypox with CDC’s Rochelle Walensky, Anthony Fauci By Associated Press The Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions committee held a hearing Wednesday with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert. Continue reading
Aug 22 Fauci to leave government position in December, will ‘pursue next chapter’ By Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December. Continue reading
Jul 12 WATCH: White House issues warning as new COVID variants rapidly spread across the country By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The Biden administration called on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of getting booster shots and wearing masks indoors as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading across the country. Continue reading
May 17 WATCH: Early research shows Black Americans and Latinos most likely to contract long COVID, official says By News Desk and Associated Press According to early research findings, people of color are the likeliest to develop long COVID, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute director Dr. Gary Gibbons said on Tuesday. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 8:17 Dr. Fauci on the state of the pandemic as the U.S. marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths President Biden on Thursday marked the U.S. nearing one million lives lost due to the pandemic and called on Congress to pass funding for more COVID relief. The pandemic has claimed more than 6 million lives worldwide, though WHO estimates… Continue watching
May 11 WATCH: No clarity yet on how many COVID vaccine boosters will be needed in the future, Fauci says By News Desk The nation's top infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the National Institutes of Health budget. Continue reading
Apr 27 For now, the U.S. is ‘not in the pandemic phase,’ Fauci says By Joshua Barajas, Molly Finnegan Though the coronavirus remains a deadly public health emergency around the globe, the United States is no longer in a pandemic phase, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden. Continue reading
Feb 09 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing By Associated Press The White House said Wednesday it was beginning to prepare for the next phase of the pandemic response amid growing impatience for the federal government to ease up. Continue reading