Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert and chief White House medical adviser, will step down from government after nearly a half century of service, including guidance through the Covid-19 pandemic, in December.
The 81-year-old director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has led the agency since 1984. He first joined the government organisation’s umbrella agency the National Institutes of Health in 1968.
