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At his latest coronavirus press briefing, Donald Trump insisted that he had a “very good relationship” with Dr. Anthony Fauci, even though the president retweeted harsh criticism of the infectious diseases expert. But Trump also lamented that Fauci was getting a higher approval rating while he was not. Fauci has “got…

After President Donald Trump went on a social media spree, advancing false claims of a coronavirus cure, Dr. Anthony Fauci defended his work against some of the personal attacks on him. On ABC’s Good Morning America on Tuesday, anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Fauci, “Can you continue to do your job when the…

Sinclair Broadcast Group has dropped plans to air a segment that included a doctor who has advanced the conspiracy theory that Dr. Anthony Fauci was responsible for the creation of the coronavirus. The segment was to be featured on Eric Bolling’s America This Week. It featured an interview with Judy Mikovits, a…

Donald Trump again held a press briefing focused on the coronavirus crisis, and he again went solo: No Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading the White House task force on the pandemic, and no medical experts. Asked by CNN’s Kaitlin Collins on Wednesday why they were not present, Trump said, “They are briefing me…

Anthony Fauci may have been sidelined from TV interviews but he’s still doing online conversations along with print pieces, such as an online cover story for InStyle. On Thursday, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who has become the star expert during the coronavirus pandemic…

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked Monday to explain why President Donald Trump retweeted former game show host Chuck Woolery’s claim that “everyone is lying” about the coronavirus, including the Centers for Disease Control, as a way to keep the economy coming back before the election. A reporter…

The United States recorded a record number of coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with more than 46,000 new infections. That’s the most since the pandemic began. Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas all also announced single-day records on Tuesday. But the most frightening news to…

UPDATE: Anthony Fauci said that they “hope to know” in late fall or early winter whether the development of a coronavirus vaccine is successful. He said that he was “cautiously optimistic” that there will be a vaccine with “some degree” of effectiveness. Eight vaccines are in development, he said. “We have many…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and undisputed media star of the COVID-19 White House press briefings, is going into “modified quarantine” after making a “low risk” contact with an White House staffer who tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The member…

Saturday Night Live opened its second remote episode with an appearance by none other than Brad Pitt. The Oscar winner kicked off the cold open as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Pitt’s Fauci tried to clarify some of President Donald Trump’s comments during the…

As the White House unveiled a set of guidelines for states to determine if they can start reopening their economies, a question is just how possible it will be for major sporting events to resume. At the daily coronavirus briefing, President Donald Trump suggested that the guidelines make it possible to resume major…

The man who has become the voice of reason and science from the daily White House coronavirus briefings was positively circumspect today about a declaration from one of the physicians featured in Netflix’s Pandemic about a possible COVID-19 vaccine. "I don't know this specific individual, what they're doing, but I can…