Fauci to step down at year’s end

Spent decades as nation’s leader on infectious diseases.

  • Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to receive his first dose of the covid-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health, Dec. 22, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP File)
    Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to receive his first dose of the covid-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health, Dec. 22, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP File)
    WASHINGTON — 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...

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