White House coronavirus adviser Anthony Fauci—the government health bureaucrat at the center of the federal response to COVID-19 for the last almost three years—announced Monday that he is retiring.
Fauci will step down from his position as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in December, though he plans to remain an active and engaged public spokesperson. He will "devote himself to traveling, writing and encouraging young people to enter government service," according to Politico.
