Oct. 4, 2021 — It’s too early to determine whether Americans should avoid large family gatherings for Christmas and other holidays due to COVID-19, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday. COVID-19 cases and deaths have begun to plateau, but vaccination rates have dropped nationwide, and … Read more
MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to avoid another pandemic in the coming years, Dr. Anthony Fauci wants to launch an ambitious plan to make prototype vaccines that could protect against pathogens from 20 families of viruses that threaten human lives. It won’t come cheap, with the cost totaling “a … Read more
July 1, 2021– America’s COVID-19 doctor, Anthony Fauci, MD, says he won’t bother taking an antibody test to find out whether he needs a coronavirus vaccine booster shot. “If I went to LabCorp or one of those places and said, ‘I would like to get the level of anti-spike antibodies,’ I could tell what … Read more
When Anthony Fauci, MD, was called to help lead the country’s COVID-19 response in January 2020 as part of the White House’s coronavirus task force, it was far from his first time around with a health crisis involving a deadly virus. As the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Fauci, who joined President Joe … Read more
Dec. 28, 2020 — Anthony Fauci, MD, says the coronavirus pandemic may get worse in coming months, including a post-holiday surge in cases. In an interview on CNN, Fauci was asked if he thought “the worst was yet to come.” He said, “I do.” “We very well might see a post-seasonal — in … Read more
Dec. 23, 2020 — Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday that Americans will have to wait until summer before they can return to some normal activities and attend events again. It depends on a smooth rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, Fauci said during an interview on “Coronavirus in Context,” a video series hosted by John … Read more
Dr Anthony Fauci has apologised for appearing to criticise the UK’s vaccine approval process. The top US infectious disease expert had previously told CBS News the UK “rushed” approving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. “I have a great deal of confidence in what the UK does both scientifically and from a regulator standpoint,” Dr Fauci told … Read more
“We shouldn’t be lulled into complacency that this is only an old person disease,” Fauci said. The best way to achieve herd immunity is through a vaccine, he said. Otherwise, a large number of people will die by simply allowing everyone to become infected with the coronavirus. A “profound degree” of herd immunity won’t likely … Read more
Aug. 20, 2020 — Surgery to remove a vocal cord polyp has sidelined White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told CNN that he had the surgery Thursday morning. Fauci previously revealed that he had vocal cord problems. In April, he told … Read more