Dr. Anthony Fauci

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 ...

Fauci became the face of the government response to COVID-19 as it hit in early 2020, with frequent appearances on television news and at daily press conferences with White House officials, including then-President Donald Trump. He was a leader in the federal response to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases even before the coronavirus hit. Anthony Fauci, his 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 U.S.

He first joined the NIH in 1968 at age 27 eventually taking over as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984. Former ...

The managers of Capo Italian Deli credit their Fauci Pouchy cocktail, vodka, elderflower and mint lemonade sold in an type of IV drip pouch, with helping to keep the restaurant afloat during the pandemic. Anthony Fauci on the United States' response to Zika and Ebola," Biden said in a statement Monday. He first joined the National Institutes of Health in 1968 at age 27 where he quickly rose through the ranks and eventually took over as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984. Fauci was everywhere in American culture over the last 2½ years. "After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field," Fauci said in a statement. Bush awarded Fauci the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008. I have worked with – and learned from – countless talented and dedicated people in my own laboratory, at NIAID, at NIH and beyond," he said. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who he once accused of "I am very proud of our many accomplishments. The 81-year-old has advised seven U.S. [the Covid-19 pandemic](https://www.cnbc.com/coronavirus/), battling back misinformation — sometimes from the highest levels of government. The nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr.

Dr. Anthony Fauci became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, and also a frequent target of Republicans who assailed lockdowns and masks.

“Unfortunately he’s going out in the middle of a war in many ways, a political war, a war against the virus and a war really for the soul of our country,” Adams said. "He stood up for us and I can't quite convey how unusual that is for one leader in one agency to stand up for another agency. In multiple exchanges during congressional hearings, Paul erroneously claimed Fauci improperly received money from vaccine makers, incorrectly characterized Fauci’s statements about COVID-19 vaccines and accused him of lying about the origins of the virus. Anthony Fauci, the US's top infectious disease expert who has seeming been wrong about everything since the AIDS epidemic, says he will retire by the end of the year likely to avoid being questioned by a GOP controlled house on how he got everything so wrong for so long!” Ted Cruz tweeted, “In January, a GOP Congress should hold Fauci fully accountable for his dishonesty, corruption, abuse of power, and multiple lies under oath. “He had enormous impact because he was courageous and willing to stand up to people who were trying to say things that were politically popular but not based in science.” To date, the plan has contributed nearly $110 billion to treatment and prevention, earned bipartisan support and protected millions of babies from being infected with HIV in what was "probably the single best thing for American diplomacy," over the past two generations, Frieden said. “During a period of extraordinary crisis, he showed great precision, firmness and diplomacy. His work generated praise from the public health community and attacks from critics and political opponents in a nation sharply divided over how to handle a once-in-a-century virus that has Fauci has been a key researcher in HIV/AIDS since it was discovered in 1981, studying how the disease destroys the body’s defenses and how to develop therapies and prevention tools. [would step down in December](https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/statement-anthony-s-fauci-md) as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Joe Biden's top medical advisor. Many Republicans, including Trump, clashed with Fauci and were less than supportive of science-based interventions.

MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Anthony Fauci, M.D., who has advised seven presidents and spent more than five decades at the U.S. National ...

“NIH is served by some of the most talented scientists in the world, and I have no doubt that I am leaving this work in very capable hands,” he added. Fauci joined the NIH in 1968 and rose to prominence within the agency during the 1980s AIDS crisis. After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field,” Fauci said in a [statement](https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/statement-anthony-s-fauci-md) posted on the NIAID website. National Institutes of Health, will step down in December to “pursue the next chapter” of his career, he announced Monday. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and is chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden.