Dr. Anthony Fauci Says He'll Step Down From Biden Admin. This Year
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical officer to President Joe Biden, announced today that after over 40 years with the federal government, he will be leaving the Biden administration in December."I am announcing today that I will be stepping down from the positions of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as the position of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden.
I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career," Fauci said in a statement released by the NIAID.Fauci added, “Over the past 38 years as NIAID Director, I have had the enormous privilege of serving under and advising seven Presidents of the United States, beginning with President Ronald Reagan, on newly emerging and re-emerging infectious disease threats including HIV/AIDS, West Nile virus, the anthrax attacks, pandemic influenza, various bird influenza threats, Ebola and Zika, among others, and, of course, most recently the COVID-19 pandemic.
I am particularly proud to have served as the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden since the very first day of his administration.”In response to the announcement, President Joe Biden thanked Fauci in a statement from the White House. "Because of Dr.
Fauci’s many contributions to public health, lives here in the United States and around the world have been saved," Biden said. "As he leaves his position in the U.S.
