Tag Archives: Anthony Fauci

Mediaite reports: Appearing on Face the Nation Sunday, the infectious disease expert went after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — who, earlier this year, called on the attorney general to prosecute Fauci. “Anybody who spins lies and threatens and all that theater that goes on with some of the investigations and the congressional committees and the Rand Pauls and all that …

Axios reports: U.S. public health officials were set to speak Friday with their South Africa counterparts as they sought scientific details about a new COVID-19 variant already prompting European and Asian countries to enact new travel restrictions. Driving the news: Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, told CNN Friday “we’re rushing now to get that scientific data to try …

The Washington Post reports: Anthony S. Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, said Sunday that his critics “deny reality that’s looking them straight in the eye” as they traffic in conspiracy theories and spread misinformation about masks and vaccines. Fauci, asked by “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace why he thought he had become “so controversial,” said he has …

The Washington Post reports: Amid a growing push for passengers on domestic flights to show proof of vaccination, top infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci said he doesn’t see it happening in the near future. His statement came Sunday during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” after anchor Dana Bash asked if he would like an air travel vaccine …

Axios reports: NIAID director Anthony Fauci said Sunday it is a “false narrative” to think that the coronavirus vaccines would become unnecessary if an antiviral drug announced by Merck receives federal approval. Fauci’s remarks on ABC’s “This Week,” come on the heels of the pharmaceutical company’s announcement on Friday that an oral antiviral treatment it is developing might reduce the …

“Well you know, David, he was there for like 40 years or something, right? He was a part of the furniture. But if you think about it, I really did pretty much the opposite of whatever he said. You know? I actually got along with him, you know? I actually found him – he was a character. He’d say, ‘Just …

Mediaite reports: Dr. Anthony Fauci reacted with some exasperation Sunday to the baffling news that people in multiple states are taking a drug meant for animals to treat covid-19 symptoms. Ivermectin has not been proven an effective treatment for the coronavirus. It can be used to treat parasites in humans, but the ivermectin people have been taking is used to …

The Hill reports: President Biden’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said on Sunday the timeline of administering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for fully-vaccinated Americans is “flexible” around the 8-month mark first suggested by U.S. officials. “We’re still planning on eight months. That was the calculation we made. This rollout will start on the week of September the 20th. But as …

Axios reports: NIAID director Anthony Fauci told CNN Monday the U.S. could “start getting back to a degree of normality” by next spring if more Americans are vaccinated against COVID-19. “There’s no guarantee, because it’s up to us,” Fauci said in his interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, noting that another variant could emerge unless the current surge is brought under …

Axios reports: NIAID director Anthony Fauci told “CBS This Morning” on Thursday that it is “likely” everyone will need a vaccine booster shot in the future, but apart from the immune compromised, “we don’t feel a need to give boosters right now.” Driving the news: The Food and Drug Administration is expected to update its emergency use authorization for the …

Via press release from the Justice Department: A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Thomas Patrick Connally, Jr., age 56, for the federal charges of threats against a federal official and interstate communication containing a threat to harm, specifically for sending emails threatening harm to Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins, the current Director of the National Institutes …

CNBC reports: White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul traded barbs in a heated exchange at a Senate hearing Tuesday over whether the National Institutes of Health funded controversial research Paul claims could have contributed to the Covid-19 pandemic. Paul grilled Fauci about an NIH funded study that he says qualifies as gain-of-function research, the …

USA Today reports: Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top Biden administration adviser, said Sunday that it was “horrifying” to see people at the Conservative Political Action Conference cheering because the government has not being able to get more of the country vaccinated. “It’s horrifying. I mean, they are cheering about someone saying that it’s a good thing for people not to …

CNN reports: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, made clear today that if you have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, there is no need for a booster shot. “The message is very clear, the CDC and the FDA say if you have been fully vaccinated at this point in time, you do not need a booster shot. …

The Associated Press reports: America’s top infectious disease expert said about 99.2% of recent COVID-19 deaths in the United States involved unvaccinated people. “It’s really sad and tragic that most all of these are avoidable and preventable,” he added. He told NBC’s “Meet the Press” it’s frustrating “where you have a formidable enemy” in the coronavirus and “yet we do …

CNN reports: There’s a new TikTok star, and his name is Dr. Anthony Fauci. “Tell all of your TikTok buddies to get vaccinated,” Fauci said this week in a video posted on TikTok by Nia Sioux, the social media and former “Dance Moms” star. “I will, I’ll tell all my besties,” Sioux replied. In the latest push from the White …

Religion News Service reports: The American Humanist Association announced Thursday (July 1) that Dr. Anthony S. Fauci is its 2021 Humanist of the Year. Fauci is chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and has been director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the U.S. National Institutes of Health since 1984. Although Fauci attended Jesuit schools …

The Hill reports: Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease doctor, on Tuesday said he is concerned that the widening gap between the vaccinated and unvaccinated in America will get worse, leading to possible spikes in coronavirus cases. “When you have such a low level of vaccination superimposed upon a variant that has a high degree of efficiency of spread, …

“There are organizations, particularly universities and colleges who are saying, not withstanding what the federal government is requiring, if you want to come into campus and be in in-person learning, you’re going to have to show proof of vaccination. “Cruise ships will likely be doing that. Airlines will likely be doing that. So you’re going to have at, a local, …

“The CDC did this and took this action based on the data. What they’ll be doing now is coming out very quickly with individual types of guidances. So people will say, ‘Well, what about the workplace? What about this? What about that?’ And I think that’s going to be clarified, pretty quickly. “I would imagine within a period of just …