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Don't Worry, Kids: Dr. Fauci Says Santa Is Vaccinated Against the Coronavirus
In a CNN interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci told some curious kids that he visited the North Pole himself and administered a coronavirus vaccine to Santa.
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Who Will Be TIME's 2020 Person of the Year? See the Shortlist
The choice for TIME’s Person of the Year for 2020 is down to four candidates. The magazine has revealed its shortlist ahead of its first ever televised special, airing Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on NBC, in which TIME will reveal the recipient its editors felt most influenced the world during a tragic and turbulent year across the globe.
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Auction of Dr. Fauci's 1st Pitch Baseball to Help Sick Children
The baseball used by Dr. Anthony Fauci for his ceremonial first pitch of the 2020 Major League Baseball season is now soaring to even greater heights. The baseball is going up for auction Tuesday and the proceeds will benefit children facing life-challenging illnesses at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health. “We are very excited to be able…
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White House Blasts Fauci After He Says US ‘Poorly' Prepared for COVID-19 Winter
The White House is strongly pushing back on a new interview in which Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said the U.S. is in a terrible position to face the upcoming months of the pandemic.
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Doctors Push Back Against ‘Herd Immunity' as COVID-19 Cases Spike
As COVID-19 cases increase in 36 states, medical experts are pushing back against the White House’s embrace of a “herd immunity” strategy.
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Fauci Says US Faces ‘a Whole Lot of Trouble' as Coronavirus Cases Rise
The United States is “facing a whole lot of trouble” as coronavirus cases continue to surge across the country heading into the cold winter months, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, told CNBC on Monday. The U.S. reported more than 44,600 new cases on Sunday and the seven-day average rose to over 49,200 new cases per...
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US Experts Vow ‘No Cutting Corners' as Vaccine Tests Expand
A huge study of a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is getting underway as top U.S. health officials seek to assure a skeptical public they can trust any shots the government ultimately approves.
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Fauci Staffer to Retire After Report He Trashed Fauci as ‘Mask Nazi'
A public relations staffer for the agency run by Dr. Anthony Fauci announced his “intention to retire” on Monday, the department said, after the Daily Beast reported that he was the author of numerous articles trashing Fauci and dismissing the coronavirus pandemic as a “massive fraud.”
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Trump Says He Knows Better Than Experts: 'In Many Cases, I Do'
Asked if he thinks he knows better than his experts, including the CDC and FBI directors, President Donald Trump said, “Yeah, in many cases I do.” The question came days after Trump said CDC Director Robert Redfield was incorrect when he said the coronavirus vaccine wouldn’t be available until later next year.
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Fauci Says US Needs to ‘Hunker Down' for Fall and Winter
As the United States heads into flu season, Americans can’t let up in the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. Although the number of new daily cases of coronavirus in the U.S. has slowly been declining over the last two weeks, the country is still closing in on 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 and more than 6...
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Trump Makes Call for New White House Doctor's Virus Advice
President Donald Trump has found a new doctor for his coronavirus task force, and this time there’s no daylight between them
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Dr. Fauci: “Connecticut Is In a Good Place” in COVID-19 Fight
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Connecticut “is in a good place” in terms of COVID-19 and the state has the upper hand because of our ability to contain new cases. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the nation’s main faces of the fight against the coronavirus. He is also a...
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Fauci to Participate in Harvard Forum Next Week
The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, will be part of a Harvard University remote public health forum next week. Fauci will be joined Wednesday by Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow; Michelle A. Williams, Dean of Faculty of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, according to a release...
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Fauci on Coronavirus Misinformation: Virus is Not a Hoax and Children are Not Immune
During a congressional hearing on the coronavirus response on Friday, Dr. Anthony Fauci dispelled some of the misinformation spread online by politicians and fringe groups about the virus.
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Fauci on Going Back to School: ‘It Depends on Where You Are'
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), discusses the tough decisions parents must make about sending their kids back to school amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci to Throw 1st Pitch at Yankees-Nationals Opener in DC
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the first game of Major League Baseball’s pandemic-delayed regular season.
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USA Today: Navarro's Anti-Fauci Column Didn't Meet Standards
The newspaper USA Today says that presidential aide Peter Navarro’s column about Dr. Anthony Fauci that it solicited and published did not meet its fact-checking standards
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White House Advisers Tussle in the Open Over Coronavirus Response
Disagreements over the White House’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic are tumbling into public view.
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Trump Defends Fauci Relationship Despite White House Efforts to Discredit Him
President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that he “personally” likes Dr. Anthony Fauci, as press secretary Kayleigh McEnany denied the White House was working to discredit the country’s leading infectious disease expert.
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A ‘Second Wave' of Coronavirus Cases? Not Yet, Experts Say
Public health experts say the U.S. may not be experiencing a “second wave” of coronavirus cases, because the first wave isn’t over yet