At a press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump urged Americans to brace themselves for a difficult period ahead as the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the United States. Coronavirus task force members Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci also gave updates on the extended social distancing guidelines, saying “now is the time, whenever you’re having an effect,...

President Donald Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force held a press conference on Friday with updates on the government’s coronavirus response, including closing the borders to both Mexico and Canada. The president also expressed discontent with “fake news” surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, lashing out at NBC’s White House Correspondent Peter Alexander after being questioned about his message to fearful...

President Donald Trump used Friday’s coronavirus news conference to express frustration with some lawmakers and corporations, saying “some aren’t appreciative … they have to do a better job themselves.” Members of the coronavirus task force also gave updates on the pandemic response, including assurances by the USDA that Americans are not at risk of a food shortage.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the United States will be much more prepared for a possible coronavirus spread if it makes a return next fall.

NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci addressed the media during Sunday’s coronavirus task force press conference and offered up his support of the federal government’s decision to extend social distancing guidelines until April 30th in an attempt to mitigate the impact of coronavirus in the country.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top expert on infectious diseases, said Thursday he feels good about prospects for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. “You’re going to be hearing over the next months or more about different drugs that are going to go into these different randomized control trials,” he said. “And I feel confident, knowing about what this virus is...

A doughnut shop in Rochester, New York, is selling doughnuts with a photo of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on top.

White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that the United States “can start thinking about getting back to some degree of normality when the country as a whole turns that corner” of reducing the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

Listen to NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci’s comments from Tuesday’s coronavirus task force press briefing at the White House.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he can’t jump in front of the microphone to stop President Donald Trump from speaking at daily White House briefings on the coronavirus outbreak.

Dr. Anthony Fauci stressed to the American public that not everybody needs to get a test and explains why it could add risk to healthcare workers.

President Donald Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force gave updates on the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, urging people to heed the CDC guidelines for at least 15 days and act with an abundance of caution. Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin later announced an IRS tax deferral for those who owe taxes.

Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses the latest on the Coronavirus outbreak including the big threat from Europe and the decrease in cases in China.

NIAID Director Anthony Fauci fields questions from Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., about testing available for the new coronavirus in the United States. 

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, explains social distancing and how it can help slow the spread of coronavirus in elderly and immunocompromised patients.

On Sunday, World AIDS Day, the global fight against the human immunodeficiency virus is poised to make important advances thanks to three experimental HIV vaccines that are entering the final stages of testing at sites across the globe, NBC News reports. While any of these three late-stage HIV vaccine trials — known as HVTN 702, Imbokodo and Mosaico — could...

Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system’s memory of how to fight other germs, so children recover only to be left more vulnerable to bugs like flu or strep. Scientists dubbed the startling findings “immune amnesia.” The body can rebuild those defenses — but it could take years. And with measles...

Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system’s memory of how to fight other germs, so children recover only to be left more vulnerable to bugs like flu or strep. Scientists dubbed the startling findings “immune amnesia.” The body can rebuild those defenses — but it could take years. And with measles...

Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday. The preliminary findings prompted an early halt to a major study on the drugs and a decision to prioritize their use in the African country, where a yearlong outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people. The early results mark “some...

They were born without a working germ-fighting system, every infection a threat to their lives. Now eight babies with “bubble boy disease” have had it fixed by a gene therapy made from one of the immune system’s worst enemies — HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. A study out Wednesday details how scientists turned this enemy virus into a savior,...