Anthony Fauci

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the White House and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made an appearance at the White House press briefing on Tuesday. Fauci is retiring in December.

The nation’s leading infectious disease expert will soon step down from his role after more than five decades of government service. News4 recently sat down with Dr. Anthony Fauci at his home to talk about his career, COVID-19 and how he hopes he’ll be remembered.

Two new COVID-19 variants that quietly emerged on the scene over the last few weeks — ones that Dr. Anthony Fauci has described as “pretty troublesome” — are becoming increasingly prevalent in the New York area and stoking fresh concerns as the nation braces for yet another potential winter surge, the latest CDC data shows. You may not have heard…

The New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan encouraged people to continue getting vaccinated to keep numbers down, Erica Byfield reports.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, announced Monday that he will depart the federal government in December.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than five decades of service.

Dr. Anthony Fauci and his tumultuous experience during the COVID-19 pandemic are the focus of a PBS documentary.

Today Mayor Adams praised the White House collaboration with the city on monkeypox vaccines. Gus Rosendale reports.

New York City’s monkeypox outbreak has now boomed to more than 1,000 cases, accounting for 30% of the burgeoning national case total — and with thousands of vaccine appointments continuously being scooped up within a half-hour of opening, the federal government is weighing more intensive action. As of Tuesday, the CDC reports nearly 3,500 confirmed monkeypox or orthopox virus (the…

News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

Dr. Anthony Fauci will likely retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January 2025

Dr. Anthony Fauci will likely retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January 2025.

You’ve probably heard about the latest COVID variant by now. And if you haven’t here’s the deal. BA.5 first emerged in South Africa and is dubbed by many experts to be the “worst version” of omicron yet.” It has proven to be up to 4.2 times more vaccine-resistant than one of its predecessors, BA.2.12.1, which research showed eluded vaccine...

COVID infection rates are once again surging in New York City. Gus Rosendale reports.

The subvariants are now responsible for 70% of new coronavirus cases, and their immunity to existing vaccines has concerned scientists. Here’s what you need to know about the subvariants.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, was experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Institutes of Health. Fauci has not recently been in close contact with President Joe Biden...

A West Virginia man pleaded guilty Monday to sending emails that threatened Dr. Anthony Fauci and former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, federal prosecutors in Maryland said. Thomas Patrick Connally Jr., 56, most recently of Snowshoe, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to making threats against a federal official, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron…

The nation’s top infectious disease expert says the coronavirus appears to be making a transition to becoming an endemic disease — occurring regularly in certain areas

Two years after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, public health experts warn not to become complacent.

People who were fully vaccinated actually transmitted BA.2 less than BA.1, the currently dominant omicron strain.