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FILE: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards D-LA in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 29 April 2020. Picture: AFP

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US on 'threshold' of living with coronavirus: Fauci

By AFP

Speaking to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the top US scientist said eliminating COVID was unrealistic and that "Omicron, with its...

  • FILE: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards D-LA in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 29 April 2020. Picture: AFP

    Fauci warns of tough few months ahead with Omicron 'raging through the world'

    Despite indications it is not more severe than the Delta variant - currently still the dominant strain - Omicron has been shown in early data to have a worrying resistance to vaccines and higher transmissibility.

    187 days ago
  • FILE: Senior US government scientist Anthony Fauci. Picture: AFP

    Fauci says US on 'high alert' for Omicron, urges people to get vaccinated

    Senior government scientist Anthony Fauci also encouraged people to get coronavirus vaccines or boosters quickly, rather than waiting for pharmaceutical companies to tailor doses specifically to the Omicron variant.

    208 days ago
  • FILE: Former US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Harlingen, Texas on 12 January 2021. Picture: AFP

    Trump rages at COVID-19 experts who criticised him

    In an angry statement, Trump described Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx as 'two self-promoters trying to reinvent history to cover for their bad instincts and faulty recommendations, which I fortunately almost always overturned'.

    452 days ago
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives the thumbs up after receiving his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health on 22 December 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland. Picture: AFP

    Confident Fauci receives COVID-19 vaccine in 'symbol' for US

    The widely-respected scientist rolled up his left shirt sleeve, and said he was taking the shot "as a symbol to the rest of the country that I feel extreme confidence in the safety and the efficacy of this vaccine.

    550 days ago
  • Infectious disease specialist Professor Salim Abdool Karim. Picture: @UKZN/Twitter.

    SA's Abdool Karim wins top award for 'standing up for science' during COVID-19

    Along with Antony Fauci, South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim has won the prestigious John Maddox Prize 2020 for "going beyond the line of duty".

    558 days ago
  • FILE: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards D-LA in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 29 April 2020. Picture: AFP

    Fauci expects tens of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses at start of 2021

    Fauci said there could be a billion vaccine doses available by the end of 2021, and that he is hopeful the world could get past the pandemic that has claimed more than 700,000 lives worldwide by then.

    688 days ago
  • FILE: In his Atlantic interview, Fauci recommended the country hit a reset button and acknowledge that things are not going in the right direction. Picture:AFP

    Fauci calls White House criticism bizarre, says 'let's stop this nonsense'

    Fauci came under criticism from President Donald Trump and some of his Republican allies as he cautioned against reopening the US economy too soon in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    709 days ago
  • FILE: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards D-LA in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 29 April 2020. Picture: AFP

    Fauci says likely some degree of aerosol transmission of new coronavirus

    “Still some question about aerosol but likely some degree of aerosol,” said Anthony Fauci, the head of the United States’ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

    715 days ago
  • FILE: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards D-LA in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 29 April 2020. Picture: AFP

    US could hit 100,000 new virus cases a day: Fauci

    Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, a leading member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, said the United States was headed in the 'wrong direction' on the pandemic.

    725 days ago
  • FILE: US actress Julia Roberts attends the 'Ben Is Back' New York premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on 3 December 2018 in New York City. Picture: AFP

    Julia Roberts, other stars hand over social-media spotlight to health experts

    Roberts, who won an Oscar in 2001 for 'Erin Brockovich,' kicks off the project on Thursday by interviewing Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

    766 days ago
  • FILE: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards D-LA in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 29 April 2020. Picture: AFP

    Early end to US state lockdowns could cause needless suffering and death - Fauci

    Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a US Senate panel that the virus epidemic is not yet under control in areas of the nation.

    774 days ago
  • Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Picture: www.niaid.nih.gov

    White House blocks Fauci from testifying to Congress on coronavirus response

    The White House issued an emailed statement after a spokesperson for the House of Representatives committee holding the hearing said the panel had been informed by Trump administration officials that Fauci had been blocked from testifying.

    784 days ago
  • Remdesivir, which previously failed in trials against Ebola, is being touted as helping to improve outcomes against the COVID-19 illness. Picture: AFP

    US says remdesivir shows 'clear-cut' effect in treating coronavirus

    The finding represents the first time any medication has been shown to improve outcomes against the COVID-19 illness, which has claimed more than 220,000 lives globally and ground the world economy to a halt.

    786 days ago
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