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Dr. Deborah Birx says the lack of clear, concise and consistent message in the earliest months of its spread resulted in inaction across the federal government.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, says his COVID-19 recovery is an “example” for the nation on the protection offered by vaccines and boosters.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, says his COVID-19 recovery is an “example” for the nation on the protection offered by vaccines and boosters. Speaking during a White House briefing, Fauci, 81, said he began experiencing virus symptoms on June 14 and tested positive a day later. “I’m still feeling really quite fine,” Fauci said Thursday, as the administration emphasized the protection offered by vaccines to people of all ages, after the U.S. became the first country in the world to extend vaccine eligibility to children as young as six months.

Fauci tested positive using a rapid antigen test. He will return to work at the National Institutes of Health when he tests negative.

Fauci tested positive using a rapid antigen test. He will return to work at the National Institutes of Health when he tests negative.

Fauci, the chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tested positive on a rapid antigen test.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has not been in recent close contact with President Joe Biden. Fauci is the the U.S. government's leader in coronavirus pandemic response.

Fauci, who is 81, is fully vaccinated and has been boosted twice, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Fauci, who is 81, is fully vaccinated and has been boosted twice, according to the National Institutes of Health.

“We’re going to be dealing with this virus on a chronic basis,” Fauci said. “We really hope … it will reach a level low enough that it doesn’t disrupt us to the extent that it has over the past couple of years.”In recent weeks, COVID case numbers have been increasing nationwide. Average daily case numbers have risen about 26% around the country, according to Johns Hopkins University. Average daily case numbers in New York City have nearly doubled, to 4,214 as of Tuesday, according to the Health Department. Earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a second COVID vaccine booster shot for those ages 50 and older.

"If you were not vaccinated and double-boosted, then you would have had a much more severe outcome than you have right now," he told me.

Dr. Ashish Jha will lead the briefing for the first time in his role as the White House Covid-19 response coordinator. White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky will provide updates as usual. Hospitalizations have also increased 18% over the past week with about 3,000 people admitted with Covid every day on average, according to CDC data. With infections and hospitalizations rising, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer booster doses for children ages 5 to 11 this week. The FDA could authorize Covid vaccines for children under age 5, the only group left in the U.S. not eligible, as soon as next month.

The toll, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, doesn't include the deaths of those who couldn't get care for other diseases, or the many deaths feared unrecorded.

Fauci previously described his time working under Trump as "somewhat awkward."

White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci and his former colleague Deborah Birx are in rare public disagreement over their recollections of a tense meeting with then-Vice President Mike Pence. In her recent book, Birx, who served on the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, recalled a meeting with the vice president, Fauci and Robert Redfield,…

The U.S. clearly failed to heed expert advice, but there’s plenty of blame to go around.

Saturday morning was a beautiful spring day, but it was not like most of my weekend mornings.

Before Dr. Anthony Fauci delivered the commencement address to the University of Michigan class of 2020 and 2021, he sat down with Local 4′s Dr. Frank McGeorge.

The CDC director said she has been "masking more" because of upcoming events she did not want to miss.

The CDC director said she has been "masking more" because of upcoming events she did not want to miss.

He became the face of our country’s battle against COVID-19 and is now arguably one of the most recognizable doctors in the world. Now Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the President of the United States, sits down with Local 4′s own Dr. Frank McGeorge for a revealing conversation.

Seemingly acknowledging COVID-19 conspiracies during his speech, Fauci urged graduates to not turn a blind eye to ‘egregious distortions of reality’

ANN ARBOR, MI -- University of Michigan alumni who had their opportunity for an official graduation deferred by the COVID-19 pandemic had a second chance Saturday, alongside one of the country’s leading immunologists. U-M previously saw multiple in-person commencements canceled due to the pandemic, including the spring 2020 and 2021 commencements, which instead took place virtually. More than one graduate sitting near the stage yelled, “I love you!” to Dr. Fauci as he was on stage, prompting Fauci to mouth the affirmation back at them at one point. “The profound ways that COVID-19 has disrupted your student years... are unprecedented,” Fauci said in his address to graduates. Near the stage on which Fauci spoke, the noise of the horns was barely noticeable.

One of the most powerful people in the country is using his platform to spread fear and lies.

The president continues to push for accommodating individual preferences rather than promoting collective solutions to the coronavirus.

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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has promised to wage a vigorous review into the origins of the coronavirus if Republicans retake the Senate and he lands a committee chairmanship.

Natural immunity will be key to downshifting the pandemic to endemic status. That doesn’t mean you should go out and try to catch the virus tomorrow.

QAnon loyalists, neo-Nazis and a former American president: The list of people banned from Twitter is long, but their exile could soon end if Elon Musk buys the platform.

President Joe Biden took the White House press corps' annual gala as an opportunity to make light of the criticism he has faced in his 15 months in office.

Dr. Anthony Fauci capped off a week of controversial comments with an appearance Friday morning at the National Press Club, during which he sought to give an overview of where the COVID-19 pandemic currently stands.

"Suddenly, this pandemic was not abstract to him, but very real and personal," Birx, who coordinated the White House's COVID response, wrote in her new book.

Fauci, 81, said everyone has to make decisions for themselves, and what is right for him may not apply to everyone else.

Fauci, 81, said everyone has to make decisions for themselves, and what is right for him may not apply to everyone else.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases have risen about 25% in the past week.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the state of the coronavirus in the U.S., saying the country is “out of the pandemic phase” on new infections, hospitalizations and deaths.

Vaccinations and residual immunity are among the reasons, President Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, as the number of deaths drop and hospitalizations rise only slightly.

“I believe we are at an inflection point,” White House pandemic response team coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said at his first briefing, his remark inauspiciously punctuated by a reporter’s cough. The pandemic is still here, but many Americans appear to be moving on, even as the BA.2 variant continues to proliferate.

Oklahoma GOP chair John Bennett's sinister comments about the top infectious disease expert earned him applause at a campaign event.

The president's chief medical adviser criticized the "disturbing" decision by "a judge with no experience in public health."

Remember when Trump and Fauci told us that between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans would die of COVID? A lot’s gone wrong since then.

Remember when Trump and Fauci told us that between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans would die of COVID? A lot's gone wrong since then.

BA.2 now represents of 86% of new cases, almost completely displacing the earlier version of omicron that fueled the unprecedented winter surge.

As prevalence of the Omicron subvariant nears 90% nationwide, officials around the world are already tracking the rise of dozens of new potential variants.

White House Covid-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha says despite rising case numbers, the U.S. probably won't experience a surge from omicron's BA.2 subvariant. Here's why.

The city will require masks in schools, businesses, government buildings and restaurants starting April 18.

"Let's Make America Rock again," former President Donald Trump said in a video message played at a Kid Rock concert last week.

Former CBS journalist Lara Logan claims she was “pushed out” at Fox News following controversial comments she made late last year comparing Anthony Fauci to infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. “No, I was definitely pushed out,” Logan said during an interview with conservative radio host Eric Metaxas. “I mean, there is no doubt about that.…

BA.2 makes up a growing a proportion of variants in the U.S., but new infections are still falling at the moment.

Omicron BA.2 now makes up 72% of circulating Covid variants in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

President Joe Biden will give an update on the U.S. fight against Covid-19 and receive his second vaccine booster shot.

The new omicron subvariant is now the dominant strain globally. Here are the signs to watch for.

The CDC estimates that 95% of Americans have Covid antibodies, as cases of omicron's BA.2 subvariant continue to climb. Here's what experts want you to know.

For the first time in history, the White House has a full-time team of American Sign Language interpreters.

Pharmaceutical executives have expressed conflicting stances on whether additional shots past the initial booster are necessary.

The Biden administration will be giving elderly Americans a second COVID-19 booster shot, multiple people familiar with the plan told The New York Times.Those above the age of 50 will be able to get a second booster of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines.However, multiple issues complicate the plan as the administration has to calculate when the next COVID-19 wave could hit the U.S., sources told the Times. The administration will...

An Omicron subvariant, known as BA.2 is estimated to become dominant in the U.S. in the coming weeks. BA.2 is at least 30% more transmissible than its cousin BA.1, and it has been driving new COVID-19 surges in the U.K. and other European countries.

Republican lawmakers gathered at a retreat in Florida this week to plot out strategy for this year's midterm elections.

In kids, the first question is simply whether the vaccine is safe, and on that account, the answer is yes. Although the study wasn’t large enough to detect any infrequent side effects, most of those seen when a low dose Moderna vaccine was given to these young children were in the same range that we see with any other, as pediatric vaccine safety isn’t really the issue. The question is, how effective is it?

Data from Walgreens, which conducts testing at its pharmacies nationwide, shows BA.2 as the dominant variant at 51% of all positive Covid cases as of March 19.

Rep. Mo Brooks says Donald Trump suggested a plan to oust Joe Biden from the White House and call a new election that could restore Trump to it.

Scientists worry that a contagious coronavirus variant may soon push cases up in the United States just as it has in Europe and Asia.

The speakers for the University of Michigan commencement ceremonies have been announced.

Even as authorities lock down cities in China’s worst outbreak in two years, they are looking for an exit from what has been a successful but onerous COVID-19 prevention strategy.

A Senate committee has approved a bipartisan blueprint to overhaul the nation’s public health system, applying the lessons of COVID-19 to future outbreaks through a new chain of command, a stronger medical supply chain, and clearer crisis communications.

The conversations went like this: It will be just a few days.

On the day the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, Koloud “Kay” Tarapolsi reflected the views of many people when she told an Associated Press reporter: “If we avoid each other and listen to the scientists, maybe in a few weeks it will be better."

Leading Republicans spent much of the first three days at a conservative political gathering avoiding Donald Trump’s chief grievances or ignoring him altogether.

Dr. Oz is making his way around Pennsylvania as a candidate for U.S. Senate in town hall-style settings that seem very much like the TV studio where he once presided.

A decision by Twitter and Facebook to ban former President Donald Trump a year ago has prompted many conservative social media users to join new platforms that claim to offer a refuge from overzealous content moderation.

COVID-19 vaccines still are saving untold lives, but omicron's easy spread has many wondering if they will need boosters every few months or even a new kind of shot altogether.

Thai health authorities have approved new guidelines outlining the parameters for declaring the coronavirus pandemic an endemic disease.

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World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could usher in a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

What comes next in the COVID pandemic? The simple truth is that we don’t know yet.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for greater world cooperation against COVID-19 and says his country would send an additional 1 billion doses of vaccine to other countries.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting of world leaders, business executives and other heavyweights to go virtual for the second year in a row.

Republican governors are highlighting their opposition to restrictions that have marked the COVID-19 pandemic even as they seek to move past it and set their agendas for the year.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, angrily accused a senator Tuesday of making false accusations that are leading to threats against him.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made clear in his State of the State speech that he likes teachers, first responders and freedom and he doesn’t like Dr. Anthony Fauci, critical race theory, abortion, illegal immigration and Burmese pythons.

Fox News Channel has named Jesse Watters as host of a 7 p.m. Eastern opinion hour, leading in to its prime-time opinion lineup of Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham.

Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 have soared to unprecedented levels, a worrisome trend in youngsters too young to be vaccinated.

Parents of children too young to be vaccinated are facing difficult choices as COVID cases fueled by the omicron variant rise to record levels and every encounter seems risky.

U.S. health officials say they are not changing the definition of being “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19.

U.S. health officials are explaining why they recently shortened their COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations.

The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue rising rapidly in Mississippi as new cases proliferate.

The fast-moving omicron variant is complicating a key question: How does the COVID-19 pandemic end and the world coexist with this virus.

As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus.

Wintry weather combined with the pandemic is frustrating air travelers again, whose return flights home from the holidays were canceled or delayed in the first days of the new year.

At-home COVID-19 tests are able to detect the omicron variant, but U.S. health officials say early data suggests they may be less sensitive at picking it up.

More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average.

The CDC has issued new guidance on how long you need to quarantine after a positive COVID-19 test or contact with someone who tests positive.

The Broadway revival of “The Music Man” has been one of the hottest tickets in town and it has limped along without co-star Sutton Foster.

The top U.S. infectious disease expert says the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel.

The nation’s top infectious disease expert says the U.S. should consider a vaccine mandate to board domestic flights as the omicron variant rapidly spreads.

The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands of travelers — but it didn’t do much damage to holiday shopping.

Children younger than 5 can’t get COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. yet, but there are steps you can take to protect them from infection over the holidays.