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Anthony Stephen Fauci ForMemRS (/ ˈ f aʊ tʃ i / FOW-chee; [5] born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022, and the chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022. [6]
NIAID traces its origins to a small laboratory established in 1887 at the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, New York [2] (now the Bayley Seton Hospital). [3] Officials of the Marine Hospital Service in New York decided to open a research laboratory to study the link between microscopic organisms and infectious diseases.
On Saturday, Fauci's spokesperson told news outlets, including USA TODAY, that the 83-year-old immunologist contracted West Nile and had spent six days in the hospital. He has been recovering since.
Grady is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, a senior fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and a fellow of The Hastings Center and American Academy of Nursing. [2] She received the National Institutes of Health CEO Award in 2017 and the Director's Award from the same organization in 2015 and 2017.
"West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States and cases are seen every year," Dr. Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC’s ...
Fauci stressed in Saturday’s interview that mask mandates were not making a return—but he did remind CNN viewers that health officials still recommend masks be worn to reduce individual risk.
Dr. Anthony Fauci was briefly hospitalized after contracting the West Nile virus, a spokesperson said. Fauci, 83, who was chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, became a household name ...
As director of NIAID, Fauci became the face of the COVID-19 pandemic response in 2020. He retired from his government role at the end of 2022 following 50 years of service.