Anthony Fauci's enduring impact on the AIDS crisis

After 38 years as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci announced on Monday that he will be stepping down from his role in December. Appointed to the position in 1984 by then-president Ronald Reagan, Fauci has personally overseen the federal government's response to some of the 20th century's deadliest infectious diseases -- from tuberculosis and COVID to SARS and MERS. But, as he told The Guardian in 2020, "my career and my identity has really ...