‘How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.’—A.A. Milne ("Winnie-the-Pooh")
1989 was an important year for me. I started the year getting married to a man who still makes me laugh, and ended the year launching my career as a medical journalist covering infectious diseases. Anthony Fauci, MD, was already the director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and my entire professional career has been influenced by Dr. Fauci and the