Wuhan scientist dubbed 'bat woman of China' met with NIH, Fauci in 2017: docs reveal
Scientists central to the 'lab-leak' theory of COVID-19's origins visited Anthony Fauci's institute in 2017 to discuss their research.
Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit reveal that Fauci and his top aides were aware of the research at the pandemic's epicenter well before 2020. [ more ]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene tries to rally HIV activists in latest rant
Far-right US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci and attempting to rally HIV activists against him.
Fauci is often targeted by conservative politicians for his Covid-19 advice, and his work in steering the US through the AIDS crisis is being overlooked. [ more ]
Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Biden, will release a memoir called 'On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service' on June 18.
Fauci's memoir will cover his experiences in public health over the past forty years, including his role in addressing global epidemics such as HIV, Ebola, SARS, and COVID-19. [ more ]
The first time I met Dr. Anthony Fauci was at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal during the summer of 1989.ACT UP, the AIDS activist group I was a part of, had scared the bejesus out of conference organizers by seizing the stage during the opening session, then made things worse by disrupting various scientific presentations.
Fauci's parting advice to the country: Stick to the science
By Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press WASHINGTON Long before the bobbleheads and the Fauci ouchie, Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases and stick with the science remains his mantra.Fauci steps down from a five-decade career in public service at the end of the month, one shaped by the HIV pandemic early on and the COVID-19 pandemic at the end.
Dr. Fauci says he ignores Elon Musk and 'cesspool' Twitter after 'bizarre' allegations
Elon who?Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said he doesn't know or care what billionaire Elon Musk has said about him and derided his Twitter as a "cesspool of misinformation.""[Musk] has a big megaphone, but [Twitter] has really gone berserk lately.It's kind of become almost a cesspool of misinformation," Fauci said in an interview with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC.
DeSantis campaign posts fake images of Trump hugging Fauci in social media video
The presidential campaign for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released a video on social media that appears to use images generated by artificial intelligence to depict former President Donald Trump hugging Dr. Anthony Fauci.The images were included in a video posted Monday that first shows Trump as host of the reality TV show The Apprentice firing people and then pivots to sound bites of Trump praising Fauci and explaining why he could not fire the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
US Rep. Mary Miller uses Trump endorsement to win another term over Democrat Paul Lange
Mary Miller claimed victory Tuesday in Illinois' 15th Congressional District.The Associated Press called the race for Miller.With 94% of precincts reporting, she led with 71.4% of the vote.Trump-endorsed freshman Republican Miller battled Democrat Paul Lange of Mendon, a little-known candidate with a meager war chest.
DeSantis Steps Up Attacks on Trump, Hitting Him on Crime and Covid
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida escalated his hostilities with former President Donald J. Trump on Friday, arguing that his Republican presidential rival was weak on crime and immigration, and accusing him of ceding critical decision-making during the coronavirus pandemic to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci.In an appearance with the conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, Mr. DeSantis accused Mr. Trump, the G.O.P. front-runner, of moving left on criminal justice and immigration issues after winning over the party's base in 2015 and 2016.
DeSantis Continues to Test the Waters of 2024 and Supporters Are Getting Restless
When Peggy Nichols heard Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida was coming to this rural stretch of Wisconsin for a local Republican Party fund-raiser, she pulled out her button-making machine and crafted 10 red Ron DeSantis 2024 pins.He should hurry up and jump in the race, said Ms. Nichols, who was wearing one of her creations while waiting for Mr. DeSantis to address a crowd of more than 570 people.
McCarthy taps GOP members to investigate Covid policies
House Republicans have tapped the members who will lead an investigation into how the government handled the coronavirus pandemic, including conservative firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.Looking to flip the table on years of Democratic-led probes, Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday night named nine Republicans to the select subcommittee, including a chief in Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus.
What to Take Away From Those Alarming RFK Jr. Polls
In an effort to contextualize just how poorly things have gone for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential aspirations of late, CNN wrote about how he's faring no better against Trump than a protest candidate is against President Joe Biden."Things have gotten so bad for DeSantis that a recent Fox News poll shows him at 21%," CNN said, "comparable with the 19% that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pushed debunked conspiracy theories about vaccine safety, is receiving on the Democratic side."
F.D.A. Advisers Endorse Paxlovid's Benefits as a Covid Treatment
A panel of expert advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday endorsed Paxlovid as a treatment for adults with Covid who are at high risk for progression to severe illness.The move is likely to lead to full approval of the drug, which has been available under emergency use authorization.
Paxlovid not linked to Covid-19 rebound, FDA says ahead of meeting to consider drug's full approval
As the US Food and Drug Administration's independent advisers prepare to discuss Thursday the full approval of Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral, Paxlovid, agency experts said this week that clinical trial data shows that it is safe and effective for treatment of mild to moderate illness in high-risk adults.
Fauci tempers Biden's declaration that pandemic is 'over'
Not so fast, Mr. President.Outgoing presidential COVID adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday walked back President Biden's assertion that the coronavirus pandemic was "over."
Fauci says he believes Paxlovid kept him out of the hospital, even though he tested positive again.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden's top pandemic adviser, sought to discourage doubts about the antiviral drug Paxlovid following what appeared to be a "rebound" of Covid-19 after taking the pills.
New report on how Scott Atlas made herd immunity an unofficial US policy
While one congressional committee seems to be grabbing all the headlines recently, other investigations of the Trump administration have continued in the background.
After more than 50 years at the NIH, Dr. Fauci says he's retiring in December
Dr. Fauci has been at the National Institutes of Health for over 50 years.On Monday, the nation's top infectious disease doctor announced he'll be stepping down from government service in December.
Dr. Anthony Fauci Expected to Retire By the End of Biden's Current Term
WASHINGTON Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, said Monday he plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden's term in January 2025.
Why Making the Case to Work Remotely to Your Boss Is a Good Idea | Flipboard
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus.The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, was experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Institutes of Health.Fauci has not recently been in close contact with President Joe Biden or other senior government officials.
Fauci plans to retire by 2025, wants to heal partisan divide before he goes
Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the US, says "you can guarantee" he'll step down from his position by January 2025, ending a more than five-decade career as a federal scientist.
Fauci to testify twice before House COVID panel about pandemic response
Dr. Fauci will testify twice before a House select subcommittee next year, addressing various controversies and investigations related to the pandemic response.
Fauci will answer questions for seven hours per day accompanied by personal attorneys and government counsel.
The House COVID subcommittee released emails showing Fauci's involvement in a research paper meant to disprove the lab leak theory of COVID-19 origin. [ more ]
Maria Bartiromo Pans Covid Vaccines With Rand Paul
Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo interviewed Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday about his longstanding criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci and the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.The heavy-handed interview, which saw Bartiromo spin conspiracies related to the Covid vaccines and other drugs she claimed are effective treatments, began with her blasting President Joe Biden and suggesting one reason the public still doesn't know the origins of the Covid-19 virus is because he is compromised by China.
A month before his recent retirement, Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned that the U.S. certainly remains in the midst of a COVID pandemic.Other experts repeatedly warn of impending deadly waves caused by the latest genetic variants, and recently President Biden once again extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
Cory Franklin: Why does a rich country like the US have a high COVID-19 death rate?
Following his recent retirement, Dr. Anthony Fauci reflected on his government role during the COVID-19 pandemic.When asked about the high per capita COVID-19 death rate in the U.S., Fauci replied, "Something clearly went wrong.And I don't know exactly what it was.But the reason we know it went wrong is that we are the richest country in the world, and on a per capita basis we've done worse than virtually all other countries.
Letters: We want the origin of COVID-19 to be a lab leak, but life isn't a movie
I'm concerned for the state of journalism when a single story in The Wall Street Journal, with unnamed Department of Energy sources quoting a report expressing "low confidence" in the lab-leak theory of where COVID-19 came from, turns into "DOE says COVID-19 leaked from lab" in multiple news outlets that ought to know better.
Cory Franklin: For all the good Dr. Fauci did at the NIH, he should have exited the stage sooner
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who began his career at the National Institutes of Health during Lyndon Johnson's administration, has stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden.To put it in perspective, after more than five decades of distinguished and controversial government service, his legacy will be bittersweet - not quite the hero his supporters lionize or the villain his detractors portray.
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A Pride Brunch 'Worthy' of Attending - Washingtonian
Worthy Mentoring in partnership with Nora Lee by Brandt Ricca, Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC and Capital Pride Alliance, is raising a bottomless glass to Pride during a show-stopping, gourmet brunch for a good cause.This year's Pride Brunch features beats by the city's preeminent DJs, drag performances by iconic entertainers, and inspired LGBTQ+ activism - all under a true rainbow of colors.
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This George Santos Bobblehead Is Ready to Take Pinocchio's Lying Doll Crown - Washingtonian
With its tiny legs stuck firmly into place, a new bobblehead of Congressman George Santos will have a hard time scurrying away from its inspiration's cornucopia of falsehoods -or from pesky reporters who have questions about them .The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee-and yes, that's a real thing!
Commons Leader tells MP to check his behaviour' over conspiracy claims
Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt has scolded independent MP Andrew Bridgen for sharing conspiracy theories in the House of Commons.North West Leicestershire MP Mr Bridgen raised concerns about the World Health Organisation (WHO), claiming it was an unelected, unaccountable, discredited supra-national body which is hugely funded by the same people who fund big pharma.
'3 test positive for coronavirus after Biogen meeting': 3 years later, the COVID headlines from March 2020 seem surreal
COVID On the anniversary of the state of emergency in Mass., time has not washed away just how bizarre the pandemic's earliest days were here in Boston.Three years ago this Saturday was the day that severed us from what you may now joke with your co-workers - perhaps during one of your three days in the office each week - as "the before times."
Where 2022's news was (mostly) good: The year's top science stories
How often does something work exactly as planned and live up to its hype?In most of the world, that's the equivalent of stumbling across a unicorn that's holding a few winning lottery tickets in its teeth.But that pretty much describes our top science story of 2022: the successful deployment and initial images from the Webb Telescope.
Where 2022's news was (mostly) good: The year's top science stories
How often does something work exactly as planned and live up to its hype?In most of the world, that's the equivalent of stumbling across a unicorn that's holding a few winning lottery tickets in its teeth.But that pretty much describes our top science story of 2022: the successful deployment and initial images from the Webb Telescope.
Don't Look Now, But the Culture War Is Turning Back to Covid
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.For a brief moment, there seemed to be a lull in the politicization of a plague.Sure, there were still the anti-vaxxers showing up at school board meetingsand sometimes running themand the occasional kerfuffle over mandates boiled over.
Dr. Anthony Fauci Is Stepping Down From His Public-Health Posts
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease official, will step down from heading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in December, he said in a statement released on Aug. 22.
Twitter continues to leak advertisers after Musk jibe at Covid rules boss Fauci
Elon Musk, (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Twitter is facing an exodus of advertisers after Elon Musk tweeted a call to prosecute the US medical chief over pandemic restrictions - in his latest controversial move since buying the social media giant.The social media site is staring down an estimated loss of UK advertising revenue around £10m, and it could deepen if more UK advertisers jump ship.
Elon Musk declares his pronouns are 'Prosecute/Fauci' - and science claps back
Scientists heaped scorn on Twitter owner Elon Musk after he suggested Sunday that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, deserved to be prosecuted - while belittling the inclusive use of pronouns, to boot."My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci," Musk blurted to his 21 million Twitter followers.
Elon Musk declares his pronouns are 'Prosecute/Fauci' - and science claps back
Scientists heaped scorn on Twitter owner Elon Musk after he suggested Sunday that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, deserved to be prosecuted - while belittling the inclusive use of pronouns, to boot."My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci," Musk blurted to his 21 million Twitter followers.
Los Altos Med Tech Exec Guilty in $77M COVID-19 and Allergy Testing Scam
A federal jury convicted the president of a Silicon Valley-based medical technology company Sept. 1 of participating in a scheme to mislead investors, commit health care fraud, and pay illegal kickbacks in connection with the submission of over $77 million in false and fraudulent claims for COVID-19 and allergy testing.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says government response to monkeypox must address anti-gay stigmas
Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the government's response against monkeypox must include combatting anti-gay stigmas that could be associated with the disease.
Harry and Meghan win racial justice and mental health award
A US human rights charity has awarded Harry and Meghan its Ripple of Hope award for their activism on racial justice and mental health.In a statement celebrating their award, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said a ripple of hope can turn into a wave of change.The couple received the award on Tuesday night in New York, two days before they are set to feature in a tell-all Netflix show expected to include damning revelations about the royal family.
Analysis | Let's Leave the Oil - and the Zombie Viruses - Under the Permafrost
Vast stretches of permafrost are melting as the Earth's polar regions warm, thawing ancient viruses and bacteria that had remained frozen for tens of thousands of years.Behind the lurid headlines about "zombie viruses," there's some fascinating science - and a warning.Last month, scientists announced they'd taken a sample of tundra from Siberia, extracted a virus that had been frozen for 50,000 years, and showed it was still capable of infecting its normal host - amoebas.
Analysis | Trump Judge's Bad Ruling Might Do Some Good
A decision Monday by a federal judge granting former President Donald Trump's request for an independent review of the FBI's seizure of documents at Mar-a-Lago last month has prompted an unusually forceful backlash within the legal community.
Flu brought nearly twice as many people to the hospital last week as the week before, updated CDC data show
Nearly 20,000 people in the United States were admitted to the hospital for flu last week, almost double the number of admissions from the week before, according to data updated Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The CDC estimates there have been at least 8.7 million illnesses, 78,000 hospitalizations and 4,500 deaths from influenza so far this season.
Fauci shares lessons from pandemic, criticism of China's zero-Covid policy ahead of his departure from government
The Covid-19 pandemic has carried a key lesson for public health officials, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday: When talking to Americans, be clear that science is often a moving target.What we knew [about Covid-19] in January was very different from what we knew at the end of January, the beginning of February, and then very different from March, Fauci, who is stepping down next month after 38 years at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, told CNN's Jake Tapper.
Flu season continues to intensify in the US, and holiday gatherings could make it worse
(CNN)Americans gathered for Thanksgiving last week amid a flu season that's worse than any has been in more than a decade, and experts continue to urge caution as multiple respiratory viruses circulate at high levels nationwide.A growing number of US states -- now 33 -- are experiencing "high" or "very high" respiratory virus activity, and seasonal flu activity continues to be "elevated across the country," according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Covid-19 rebound may be more common in people who take Paxlovid, early study suggests
Cases of Covid-19 rebound following treatment with the antiviral medication Paxlovid where infections rev back up again after people complete their five-day course of the medication appear to be at least twice as common as doctors previously knew, a new study suggests.Covid-19 rebound also seems to be more common in people who take Paxlovid compared with those who don't take the antiviral, although it can happen in either circumstance.
Joe Biden says the COVID-19 pandemic is over. This is what the data tells us
A person in the stands wears a mask before Dr. Anthony Fauci threw out the first pitch, at a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Seattle.
Stop touching your face! It could help you stay healthy this holiday
Looking for an easy way to reduce your risk of catching the flu or other viral illnesses?Try not touching your face.That's a step doctors are urging people to take as California faces a "tripledemic" threat - with flu, the coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, circulating at elevated levels statewide all at once.
It's Not Funny': Whoopi Goldberg Blasts Those Dismissive of Fauci's Call for Vaccination, Recalls Getting Over Tough-A**' Covid
The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg went on a rant on Wednesday's show over those outraged over White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci calling on people to get vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19.Everybody should be vaccinated and boosted with flu and with Covid, said Fauci on Tuesday in his last White House press briefing ahead of his scheduled retirement from public service.
Opinion | Did Ron DeSantis Just Become the 2024 Republican Front-Runner?
A red wave swept Florida, but elsewhere, it barely lapped the shore.Endangered House Democrats are surviving all over, the battle for the Senate may be tilting toward the Democrats, and at best Republicans have won themselves a return to stalemate, not the victory that the circumstances seemed to promise.
Should You Get Your COVID-19 Booster and Flu Shot at the Same Time?
If you haven't had or been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the last few months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says you should get a new booster shot this fall.
The new COVID booster could be the last you'll need for a year, federal officials say
The new COVID boosters rolling out this month represent a shift in strategy, said White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha during a press briefing.
Omicron Boosters: Do I Need One, and If So, When? | KQED
"If you are eligible, there is no bad time to get your COVID-19 booster,'' CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told NPR."I strongly encourage you to receive it," she says.
COVID vaccines likely to be given out annually just like flu shot, Fauci says
The annual administration of COVID vaccines is the country's best shot at preventing another health crisis, according to the nation's top health officials.
LGBTQ+ Community Hears Painful Echoes of AIDS Crisis in Government Response to Monkeypox | KQED
CDC director Rochelle Walensky noted that the children's cases "are traced back to individuals who come from the men-who-have-sex-with-men community, the gay men's community."
An additional 786,000 monkeypox vaccine doses will soon be available in the United States
(CNN)After weeks of mounting frustration over limited supplies of monkeypox vaccines, about 786,000 additional doses are being made available in the United States, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday.
Fauci says the government must help fight homophobic stigmas surrounding monkeypox
Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Chief Medical Advisor and Director of the NIAID, gives and opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to Covid-19 and new emerging variants on January 11, 2022 at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Monkeypox Can Be Contained' in the U.S., a Senior Health Official Says
Monkeypox can be contained in the U.S., with the goal of eventually eliminating the illness as testing and vaccinations ramp up, the White House's Covid-19 response coordinator said.
Biden's symptoms 'continue to improve' after Covid-19 diagnosis
(CNN)President Joe Biden's symptoms "continue to improve" after being diagnosed Thursday with Covid-19, the President's physician said in a Saturday letter.
Fauci says he is not retiring yet and will make an announcement when the time comes
Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical adviser and director of the NIAID, says he will leave his current position before the end of President Biden's first term, but he has not decided on an exact date.
White House urges caution on COVID variants, pushes boosters
With two new highly transmissible variants spreading rapidly across the country, White House doctors are stressing the importance of getting booster doses.
What should you do if you have COVID-19? 'Unplug for 3 to 5 days'
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, when Dr. Anthony Fauci tested positive for the coronavirus, his federal agency announced that he would "continue to work from his home."
(CNN)Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Biden's chief medical adviser, recently revealed he is experiencing a rebound of his Covid-19 infection after taking the antiviral medication Paxlovid.
The country's top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, has been struck by a phenomenon that appears to be becoming more common in the latest stage of the pandemic-rebounding bouts of COVID-19 after a course of the antiviral drug Paxlovid.
Biden administration to distribute over a million vaccines to fight monkeypox outbreak
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that they are recommending new populations get vaccinated against monkeypox in order to stop the spread of the virus in the U.S.
FDA advisers to debate modifying COVID vaccine for fall
The challenge is deciding if tweaked boosters offer a good chance of blunting another surge when there's no way to predict which mutant will be the main threat.
Anthony Fauci, the disease expert who helped lead America's pandemic response, tests positive for COVID-19
Dr. Anthony Fauci has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, has been vaccinated and boosted twice.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, has tested positive for COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health announced on Wednesday.
COVID-19 comes for us all - even for the United States' top medical expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who publicly announced today that he's finally contracted the novel coronavirus for the first time since the pandemic began.