When Dr. Anthony Fauci stepped down two years following an extraordinary career in public service, Barack Obama issued a memorable statement. “I will always be grateful that we had a once-in-a-century public health leader to guide us through a once-in-a-century pandemic,” the former Democratic president wrote. “Few people have touched more lives than Dr. Fauci […]
Dr Anthony Fauci has accused Marjorie Taylor Greene of inspiring death threats against him. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases clashed with the Republican firebrand lawmaker at a hearing of the House Oversight Committee on Monday in which he gave testimony about the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 […]
Anthony Fauci, the former head of the US infectious diseases unit, has received “credible death threats” stemming from his time overseeing the nation’s fight against Covid-19, he has told Congress. Fauci, who was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the height of attempts to halt the spread of the virus, […]
In his first public testimony since stepping down from government office at the end of 2022, Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday fended off a variety of attacks from Republican politicians at a fiery hearing called to discuss lessons learned during the pandemic. Fauci, appearing voluntarily before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, denied […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was the lead adviser for the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, threw cold water on GOP accusations he masterminded a cover-up of the virus’ origins. Fauci called the claims “absolutely false and simply preposterous” during a heated appearance before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Monday, saying […]
During a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci defended himself against vague accusations of helping fund Chinese government efforts to create the COVID-19 virus, hide medical data about the pandemic and making up U.S. guidelines that kept people 6 feet apart during the height of the pandemic. Fauci, who said none of […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci visited Capitol Hill on Monday to testify on the origins of Covid-19, but some Republican members on the House Oversight Committee had no intention of asking anything even remotely relevant to scientific inquiry. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was repeatedly grilled by GOP lawmakers who […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was reprimanded by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, for refusing to recognize Anthony Fauci as a doctor while questioning him. Fauci, who became the face of the administration’s COVID-19 response while serving as head of the National […]
Anthony Fauci, the former government scientist seen as the face of the government’s response to COVID-19 pandemic, is distancing himself from former aides at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who were seemingly trying to evade public records laws. In his opening statement published online ahead of a Monday hearing, Fauci said he […]
Recorded earlier Anthony Fauci, the face of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is appearing before a congressional committee Monday for the first time since retiring about 18 months ago. UPDATE: Fauci denies influencing COVID origins research Fauci: Trump’s COVID travel bans were not ‘racist and xenophobic’ Throughout the hearing, Fauci has offered a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, faces heated questioning Monday from Republican lawmakers about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Republican-led subcommittee has spent over a year probing the nation’s response to the pandemic and whether U.S.-funded research in China may have […]
House Republicans are poised to grill Dr. Anthony Fauci at a hearing on Monday as lawmakers continue to scrutinize his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and examine theories of the origin of the virus. Ahead of the hearing, House Republicans requested access to Fauci’s personal email account and cellphone records after obtaining information they claim […]