AUGUST 22, 2022

Fauci Announces He's Leaving NIAID

By Landon Gray

After 50 years of government service, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, announced today that he would step down in December. However, he said he was not retiring, but pursuing the “next chapter of my career.”

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, and chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden has played a critical role in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Fauci said he plans to