Anthony Fauci

Fauci was born on December 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York City, to Stephen A. (1910–2008) and Eugenia Lillian (née Abys; 1909–1965) Fauci as the youngest of two children. His father, a pharmacist, attended Columbia University and owned a drug store.{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Diana |date=February 15, 2023 |title=Anthony Fauci biography and career timeline |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/anthony-fauci-biography-and-career-timeline/26116/ |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=American Masters |publisher=PBS |language=en-US}} Fauci worked with his mother and sister at the pharmacy's register and also delivered prescriptions. The pharmacy was located in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, directly beneath the family apartment, previously in the Bensonhurst neighborhood.{{Cite news |last=Peele |first=Anna |date=June 29, 2022 |title=The Pandemic Is Waning. Anthony Fauci Has a Few More Lessons to Share. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/06/27/anthony-fauci-post-pandemic-interview/ |access-date=June 30, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |title=Anthony Fauci |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anthony-Fauci |access-date=September 18, 2022 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}} When he was a child, Fauci developed a fascination with World War II, and played basketball and baseball.

Fauci's grandparents immigrated to the United States from Italy in the late 19th century. His paternal grandparents, Antonino Fauci and Calogera Guardino, were from Sciacca, Sicily, and his maternal grandparents were from Naples. His maternal grandmother, Raffaella Trematerra, was a seamstress and his maternal grandfather, Giovanni Abys, was a Swiss-born artist noted for his landscape and portrait painting, magazine illustrations in Italy, as well as graphic design for commercial labels. Fauci grew up Catholic,{{cite journal |last1=Gallin |first1=John I. |title=Introduction of Anthony S. Fauci, MD |journal=Journal of Clinical Investigation |date=October 1, 2007 |volume=117 |issue=10 |pages=3131–3135 |doi=10.1172/JCI33692 |pmid=17909634 |pmc=1994641 |issn = 0021-9738}}{{cite interview|title=Fauci89: Transcription of oral history interview|interviewer=Victoria Harden|last=Fauci |first=Anthony |url=http://history.nih.gov/NIHInOwnWords/assets/media/pdf/Fauci89.pdf |publisher=NIH |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409183210/https://history.nih.gov/NIHInOwnWords/assets/media/pdf/Fauci89.pdf |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |date=March 7, 1989}} but also considers himself a humanist who "has faith in the goodness of mankind", stating that he thinks "that there are a lot of things about organized religion that are unfortunate, and [that he tends] to like to stay away from it."{{cite interview|interviewer=Brian Lamb|last=Fauci|first=Anthony|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/transcript/?id=9390|title=Q&A with Dr. Anthony Fauci|website=C-SPAN|date=January 8, 2015|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-date=June 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615144914/https://www.c-span.org/video/transcript/?id=9390|url-status=live}} In December 2023, Fauci stated that he still considers himself a Roman Catholic, but he does not practice his faith anymore for "a number of complicated reasons";{{cite web |url=https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/fauci-says-he-doesnt-really-need-to-practice-catholicism-condemns-negative-aspects-of-the-church-national-institute-of-allergy-and-infectious-diseases-anthony-fauci-covid-19-pandemic |title=Fauci says he doesn't 'need to' practice Catholicism, condemns 'negative aspects' of the Church |first=Ray |last=Lewis |date=11 December 2023 |website=The National Desk}}{{cite web |first=Jon |last=Brown |title=Fauci takes flak for saying Catholic faith 'a thing I don't need to do'; critics call it 'straight up satanic' |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/anthony-fauci-takes-flak-for-comments-about-catholic-faith.html |date=11 December 2023 |website=Christian Post Reporter}} clarifying his relationship with the Catholic Church, he stated:

{{blockquote|text=I'm not against it. I identify myself as a Catholic. I was raised, I was baptized, I was confirmed, I was married in the Church. My children were baptized in the Church. But as far as practicing it, it seems almost like a pro forma thing that I don't really need to do.{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/12/26/anthony-fauci-and-lukewarm-catholicism/ |title=Anthony Fauci and lukewarm Catholicism |date=26 December 2023 |first=Matthew |last=Beckl |website=The Catholic World Report}}}}

Fauci attended Regis High School, a competitive Jesuit school on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where he captained the school's basketball team despite standing only {{height|ft=5|in=7}} tall.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/16/anthony-fauci-built-truce-trump-is-destroying-it/|title=Anthony Fauci built a truce. Trump is destroying it.|last=Roberts|first=Molly|date=July 16, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 19, 2020}}{{cite news |last=Hunsinger Benbow |first=Dana |title=Donnie Walsh on losing basketball game to Dr. Anthony Fauci: 'How did that happen?' |date=April 2, 2020 |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2020/04/02/anthony-fauci-basketball-player-donnie-walsh-losing-fauci/5107766002/ |access-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403022035/https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2020/04/02/anthony-fauci-basketball-player-donnie-walsh-losing-fauci/5107766002/|archive-date=April 3, 2020|url-status=live}} He decided halfway through high school to become a physician. After graduating in 1958, Fauci enrolled in the College of the Holy Cross, where he studied classical Greek and worked in a construction gang during the summers.{{Cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Alexandra |date=2024-06-18 |title=Anthony Fauci, a Hero to Some and a Villain to Others, Keeps His Cool |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/books/review/on-call-anthony-fauci.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} He graduated from Holy Cross in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in classics with a pre-med track. Fauci then attended Cornell University's Medical College (now Weill Cornell Medicine), graduating with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1966 ranked first in his class. At Cornell, he focused on adult internal medicine, mainly infectious diseases and the immune system. Fauci then did an internship and residency in internal medicine at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (now Weill Cornell Medical Center).{{cite web |title=Biography Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. NIAID Director |url=http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/about/directors/biography/ |publisher=NIAID |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030171118/http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/about/directors/biography/ |archive-date=October 30, 2007}}

After completing his medical residency in 1968, Fauci joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a clinical associate in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases's (NIAID) Laboratory of Clinical Investigation (LCI).{{cite web |title=Dr. Anthony Fauci Named New NIAID Director|url=https://history.nih.gov/nihinownwords/assets/media/pdf/press/1984/PR_NIAID_1984_11_02.pdf

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209135255/https://history.nih.gov/NIHInOwnWords/assets/media/pdf/press/1984/PR_NIAID_1984_11_02.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2020 |url-status=dead }} He became head of the LCI's Clinical Physiology Section in 1974, and in 1980 was appointed chief of the NIAID's Laboratory of Immunoregulation. He became director of the NIAID in 1984.Grady, Denise, [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/health/fauci-coronavirus.html "Not His First Epidemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci Sticks to the Facts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327053240/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/health/fauci-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=1 |date=March 27, 2020 }}, The New York Times, March 8, 11, 2020. Fauci has been offered the position of director of the NIH several times, but has declined each time.{{cite news |last1=Grady |first1=Denise |title=Not His First Epidemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci Sticks to the Facts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/health/fauci-coronavirus.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 8, 2020 |access-date=March 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315113453/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/health/fauci-coronavirus.html |archive-date=March 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}

Fauci has been at the forefront of U.S. efforts to contend with viral diseases like HIV/AIDS, SARS, the Swine flu, MERS, Ebola, and COVID-19. He played a significant role in the early 2000s in creating the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR){{cite web |last1=Varmus |first1=Harold |title=Making PEPFAR |url=http://www.sciencediplomacy.org/article/2013/making-pepfar |website=Science & Diplomacy |date=December 1, 2013 |access-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002438/http://www.sciencediplomacy.org/article/2013/making-pepfar |url-status=live }} and in driving development of biodefense drugs and vaccines following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.{{cite news | first=Bernard Jr. |last=Wysocki |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=December 6, 2005 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113383825463714813 |title=Agency Chief Spurs Bioterror Research – And Controversy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229204855/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113383825463714813 |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |url-status=live}}

Fauci has been a visiting professor at many medical centers and has received numerous honorary doctorates from universities in the U.S. and abroad.{{cite web |title=Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. |url=https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/anthony-s-fauci-md-bio |website=About National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |publisher=National Institutes of Health |access-date=February 10, 2021 }}

File:President Clinton meets with Dr. Anthony Fauci (14358494424).jpg visits the NIH in 1995 and hears about the latest advances in HIV/AIDS research from Fauci]]

Fauci has made important scientific observations that contributed to the understanding of the regulation of the human immune response and is recognized for delineating the mechanisms whereby immunosuppressive agents adapt to that response. He developed therapies for formerly fatal diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and lymphomatoid granulomatosis. In a 1985 Stanford University Arthritis Center Survey, members of the American Rheumatism Association ranked Fauci's work on the treatment of polyarteritis nodosa and granulomatosis with polyangiitis as one of the most important advances in patient management in rheumatology over the previous 20 years.Holy Cross Magazine [http://www.holycross.edu/departments/publicaffairs/hcm/summer02/features/fauci_sidebar.html Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., '62] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823163730/http://www.holycross.edu/departments/publicaffairs/hcm/summer02/features/fauci_sidebar.html |date=August 23, 2016 }} Retrieved on May 30, 2007.{{cite web |title=1998 AACC Lectureship Award |url=https://www.aacc.org/Community/Awards/Hall-of-Fame/Bios/A-to-K/Anthony-Fauci.aspx |publisher=American Association for Clinical Chemistry |access-date=March 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102191524/https://www.aacc.org/Community/Awards/Hall-of-Fame/Bios/A-to-K/Anthony-Fauci.aspx |archive-date=January 2, 2018}}

Fauci discovered how to re-dose cancer drugs in a way that turned a 98 percent mortality rate of the disorder vasculitis into a 93 percent remission rate.

Fauci has contributed to the understanding of how HIV destroys the body's natural defense system, progressing to AIDS. He has outlined the mechanisms of induction of HIV expression by endogenous cytokines. Fauci has worked to develop strategies for the therapy and immune reconstitution of patients with the disease, as well as for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection. His current{{as of?|date=June 2023}} research is concentrated on identifying the nature of the immunopathogenic mechanisms of HIV infection and the scope of the body's immune responses to HIV.

In 2003, the Institute for Scientific Information stated that from 1983 to 2002, "Fauci was the 13th most-cited scientist among the 2.5 to 3.0 million authors in all disciplines throughout the world who published articles in scientific journals." As a government scientist under seven presidents, Fauci has been described as "a consistent spokesperson for science, a person who more than any other figure has brokered a generational peace" between the two worlds of science and politics.

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In a 2020 interview with The Guardian, Fauci remarked, "My career and my identity has really been defined by HIV."{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Benjamin|date=December 24, 2020|title='Brand-new disease, no treatment, no cure': how Anthony Fauci's fight against Aids prepared him to tackle Covid-19|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/24/anthony-fauci-interview-hiv-aids-covid-19|access-date=May 10, 2021|website=The Guardian}} He was one of the leading researchers during the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s.{{Cite magazine|last=Specter|first=Michael|title=How Anthony Fauci Became America's Doctor|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-anthony-fauci-became-americas-doctor|access-date=August 31, 2020|magazine=The New Yorker|date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413235133/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-anthony-fauci-became-americas-doctor|url-status=live}} In 1981, he and his team of researchers began looking for a vaccine or treatment for this novel virus, though they would meet a number of obstacles.{{Cite web|title=HIV InSite Interview with Anthony S. Fauci, MD|url=http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=pr-wad-08-fauci|access-date=August 31, 2020|website=hivinsite.ucsf.edu|archive-date=September 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906210550/http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=pr-wad-08-fauci|url-status=live}} In October 1988, protesters came to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Fauci, who had become the institute's director in 1984, bore the brunt of the anger from the LGBTQ+ community who were largely ignored by the government.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-anthony-fauci-became-americas-doctor |title=How Anthony Fauci Became America's Doctor |last=Specter |first=Michael |magazine=The New Yorker|date=April 10, 2020 |access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413235133/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-anthony-fauci-became-americas-doctor|archive-date=April 13, 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Lopez|first=German|date=December 1, 2015|title=The Reagan administration's unbelievable response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9828348/ronald-reagan-hiv-aids|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=Vox|archive-date=August 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826201536/https://www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9828348/ronald-reagan-hiv-aids|url-status=live}}

Leading AIDS activist Larry Kramer attacked Fauci relentlessly in the media.{{Cite magazine|last1=Portwood|first1=Jerry|date=May 29, 2020|title=Dr. Anthony Fauci Shares Moving Tribute to Larry Kramer and Their 'Love for Each Other'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/fauci-larry-kramer-tribute-aids-treatment-1007206/|access-date=August 31, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818080135/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/fauci-larry-kramer-tribute-aids-treatment-1007206/|url-status=live}} He called him an "incompetent idiot" and a "pill-pushing" tool of the medical establishment. Fauci did not have control over drug approval though many people felt he was not doing enough. Fauci did make an effort in the late 1980s to reach out to the LGBTQ+ community in New York and San Francisco to find ways he and the NIAID could find a solution. Fauci was also praised for engaging with AIDS advocates, and he helped to make experimental AIDS treatments more accessible. Though Fauci was initially admonished for his treatment of the AIDS epidemic, his work in the community was eventually acknowledged. Kramer, who had spent years hating Fauci for his treatment of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, eventually called him "the only true and great hero" among government officials during the AIDS crisis.{{cite web |last1=Gross |first1=Terry |title=Fresh Air For Feb. 4, 2021: Dr. Anthony Fauci |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2021/02/04/964005032/fresh-air-for-feb-4-2021-dr-anthony-fauci?showDate=2021-02-04 |website=Fresh Air |publisher=NPR |access-date=February 10, 2021 }}

Fauci was criticized over what some said was a delayed response from the U.S. government to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including delays in the promotion of experimental HIV/AIDS drugs. In 2014, Sean Strub of HuffPost criticized Fauci for "delaying promotion of an AIDS treatment that would have prevented tens of thousands of deaths in the first years of the epidemic" and accused him of "rewriting history."{{Cite web |last=Strub |first=Sean |date=February 21, 2014 |title=Whitewashing AIDS History |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whitewashing-aids-history_b_4762295 |access-date=March 19, 2022 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

Political commentator Helen Andrews defended Fauci's actions during the epidemic in a 2021 article, writing:

{{Blockquote|The idea that Fauci was "wrong" about A.I.D.S., which some of his contemporary opponents repeat, is unfair. His most notorious error was a 1983 paper suggesting "routine close contact, as within a family household," might spread the disease, but it was an understandable mistake given what was known at the time and he corrected it within a year, lightning speed by the standards of academic publishing. He behaved more responsibly than some of his peers when it came to speculating about a heterosexual A.I.D.S. epidemic around the corner. He was not one of the hysteria-mongers—though he did benefit from the hysteria when negotiating budgets with Congress.{{Cite web|title= Doctor Who|url=https://www.thelampmagazine.com/2021/04/30/doctor-who/|work = The Lamp|last = Andrews|first = Helen|date = April 30, 2021|accessdate = September 13, 2021}}}}Fauci was the main architect of President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), an HIV/AIDS program responsible for saving over 20 million lives in the developing world.{{Cite web |date=July 16, 2020 |title=PEPFAR - HIV.gov |url=https://www.hiv.gov/federal-response/pepfar-global-aids/pepfar |access-date=April 16, 2021}}

In a meeting with reporters on September 17, 2009, Fauci predicted that the H1N1 virus causing the 2009 swine flu pandemic could infect as many as one in three Americans, more than the amount of Americans usually infected by the seasonal flu.{{Cite web|last=Fauber|first=John|date=September 20, 2009|title=Swine flu may hit as many as one-third of Americans, Fauci says|url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2009-09-swine-flu-one-third-americans-fauci.html|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=Medical Xpress}}

{{See also|Ebola virus cases in the United States}}

File:President Obama greets Dr Anthony Fauci 9203044910 l (14352845344).jpg greets Fauci in June 2014]]

On October 16, 2014, in a United States congressional hearing regarding the Ebola virus crisis, Fauci, who, as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) had been discussing the importance of screening for weeks,{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2014/10/06/more-ebola-screening-possible-for-united-states |title=Officials eyeing additional screening for Ebola in US, vow to protect citizens from disease |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023606/http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2014/10/06/more-ebola-screening-possible-for-united-states |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |agency=Associated Press |date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=October 16, 2014 }} testified that NIAID was still some distance away from producing sufficient quantities of cures or vaccines for widespread trials.{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Dan |title=CDC director warns Ebola like 'forest fire' as Congress readies for hearing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/16/ebola-congress-hearing-cdc-director |work=The Guardian |date=October 16, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503184455/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/16/ebola-congress-hearing-cdc-director|archive-date=May 3, 2019|url-status=live}} Specifically, Fauci said, "While NIAID is an active participant in the global effort to address the public health emergency occurring in west Africa, it is important to recognize that we are still in the early stages of understanding how infection with the Ebola virus can be treated and prevented."

Fauci also remarked in the hearing: "As we continue to expedite research while enforcing high safety and efficacy standards, the implementation of the public health measures already known to contain prior Ebola virus outbreaks and the implementation of treatment strategies such as fluid and electrolyte replacement is essential to preventing additional infections, treating those already infected, protecting healthcare providers, and ultimately bringing this epidemic to an end."

{{See also|COVID-19 pandemic in the United States}}According to The Washington Post, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Fauci was "mostly unknown outside the medical community".

File:White House Coronavirus Update Briefing (49784743606).jpg press corps on COVID-19 in April 2020, watched by President Donald Trump (left) and Vice President Mike Pence (right)]]

Fauci had not met with Trump until three years after he was inaugurated as president.

Fauci was a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force established in late January 2020, under President Donald Trump, to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/27/coronavirus-what-we-know-mike-pence-and-task-force/4891905002/ |work=USA Today |access-date=March 15, 2020 |title=What we know about the White House coronavirus task force now that Mike Pence is in charge |author=Santucci, Jeanine |date=February 27, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200229101529/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/27/coronavirus-what-we-know-mike-pence-and-task-force/4891905002/ |archive-date= February 29, 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Jon |title='I'm going to keep pushing.' Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/i-m-going-keep-pushing-anthony-fauci-tries-make-white-house-listen-facts-pandemic |access-date=March 22, 2020 |work=Science |date=March 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323021843/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/i-m-going-keep-pushing-anthony-fauci-tries-make-white-house-listen-facts-pandemic |archive-date=March 23, 2020 |url-status=live}} He became a de facto public health spokesperson for the office of the president during the pandemic,{{cite news |last1=Nicholas |first1=Peter |title=Anthony Fauci's Plan to Stay Honest |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/anthony-fauci-covid-19-trump-and-staying-healthy/608554/ |work=The Atlantic |date=March 22, 2020|access-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323134643/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/anthony-fauci-covid-19-trump-and-staying-healthy/608554/|archive-date=March 23, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-reasons-gov-cuomo-and-dr-fauci-are-americas-de-facto-leaders-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-03-30 |title=5 reasons Gov. Cuomo and Dr. Fauci are America's de facto leaders during the coronavirus pandemic |last=Smith |first=Virginia K. |date=April 4, 2020|website=MarketWatch|access-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330201903/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-reasons-gov-cuomo-and-dr-fauci-are-americas-de-facto-leaders-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-03-30|archive-date=March 30, 2020|url-status=live}} and a strong advocate for ongoing social distancing efforts in the United States.{{cite news |url=https://time.com/5812439/trump-coronavirus-measures-fauci/ |title=President Trump's Advisors 'Argued Strongly' Against Easing Coronavirus Measures Too Early, Anthony Fauci Says |magazine=Time |access-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330150259/https://time.com/5812439/trump-coronavirus-measures-fauci/|archive-date=March 30, 2020|url-status=live}}

In interviews on January 21, January 26, and February 17, Fauci commented on COVID-19. He said that at the time of the interviews ("right now"), COVID-19 was not a "major threat" to the American public, with the risk to the American public being "low", but that it was "an evolving situation", and that "public health officials need to take [COVID-19] very seriously".{{Cite web|last=Fiske|first=Warren|date=April 29, 2020|title=Did Fauci tell U.S. 'not to worry about' coronavirus?|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/29/steve-bannon/did-fauci-tell-us-not-worry-about-coronavirus/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=PolitiFact}}{{cite news |last1=Prignano |first1=Christina |title=Anthony Fauci rebukes Trump administration's efforts to discredit him: 'It's nonsense' |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/15/nation/white-house-distances-itself-trump-aides-op-ed-slamming-anthony-fauci/ |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=Boston Globe |date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200715202108/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/15/nation/white-house-distances-itself-trump-aides-op-ed-slamming-anthony-fauci/ |archive-date=July 15, 2020}} In the latter interview, Fauci said that COVID-19 could become a "global pandemic which would then have significant implications for" the United States.

In March 2020, he predicted that the infection fatality rate would likely be close to 1%, which was ten times more severe than the 0.1% reported rate for seasonal flu.{{cite news |last1=Higgins-Dunn |first1=Noah |last2=Lovelace | first2=Berkeley Jr. |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/top-federal-health-official-says-coronavirus-outbreak-is-going-to-get-worse-in-the-us.html |title=Top US health official says the coronavirus is 10 times 'more lethal' than the seasonal flu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323055620/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/top-federal-health-official-says-coronavirus-outbreak-is-going-to-get-worse-in-the-us.html |archive-date=March 23, 2020 |work=CNBC |date=March 11, 2020 }}

In a March 8, 2020, interview, Fauci stated that "right now in the United States, people [who are not infected] should not be walking around with masks", but "if you want to do it, that's fine".{{cite news|last1=Austin|first1=Sophie|date=July 8, 2020|title="Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask."|work=PolitiFact|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/08/facebook-posts/video-shows-outdated-face-mask-guidance-dr-anthony/|access-date=February 28, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Spencer |first1=Saranac |title=Outdated Fauci Video on Face Masks Shared Out of Context |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/outdated-fauci-video-on-face-masks-shared-out-of-context/ |access-date=February 28, 2021 |work=Factcheck.org |date=May 19, 2020}} In the same interview, Fauci said that buying masks "could lead to a shortage of masks for the people who really need" them: "When you think masks, you should think of healthcare providers needing them".{{cite news |last1=McCandless Farmer |first1=Brit |title=March 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci talks with Dr Jon LaPook about COVID-19 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/preventing-coronavirus-facemask-60-minutes-2020-03-08/ |access-date=July 21, 2021 |work=CBS News |date=March 8, 2020}} When Fauci made this comment, America's top surgical mask maker was struggling to produce enough masks to meet the increased demand. On April 3, the CDC reversed course, quoting recent studies that showed asymptomatic transmission of the virus, thus advocating for the public to wear non-surgical masks to reduce community transmission while Fauci advocated for wearing facial coverings in public. Fauci's shifting advice on wearing face masks drew criticism, which Fauci responded to by arguing that changes in policy were necessary as scientists learned more about COVID-19.

In mid-April, when asked about social distancing and stay-at-home measures, Fauci said that if the administration had "started mitigation earlier" more lives could have been saved, and "no one is going to deny that." He added that the decision-making for implementing mitigation measures was "complicated", and "there was a lot of pushback about shutting things down back then."{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Devan |title=Fauci admits earlier Covid-19 mitigation efforts would have saved more American lives |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/12/politics/anthony-fauci-pushback-coronavirus-measures-cnntv/index.html|access-date=May 5, 2020|publisher=CNN |date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=May 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504195553/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/12/politics/anthony-fauci-pushback-coronavirus-measures-cnntv/index.html |url-status=live }}

Fauci's comments were met with a hostile response from former Republican congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine. Trump retweeted Lorraine's response, which included the call to "#FireFauci".{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492450-trump-retweets-supporter-calling-for-fauci-to-be-fired/|newspaper=The Hill|title=Trump shares tweet from supporter calling for Fauci to be fired|author=Bowden, John|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 12, 2020|access-date=December 20, 2022|archivedate=April 13, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413102715/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492450-trump-retweets-supporter-calling-for-fauci-to-be-fired/}} "Fire Fauci" has also been chanted by anti-lockdown protesters in various locations, including Florida and Texas.{{Cite web|last=Tilove|first=Jonathan|title=Chanting 'Let us work!', 'Fire Fauci!', protesters at Capitol decry virus restrictions|date=April 18, 2020|url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20200418/chanting-rsquolet-us-workrsquo-rsquofire-faucirsquo-protesters-at-capitol-decry-virus-restrictions|access-date=June 28, 2020|website=Austin American-Statesman|archive-date=June 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628064147/https://www.statesman.com/news/20200418/chanting-rsquolet-us-workrsquo-rsquofire-faucirsquo-protesters-at-capitol-decry-virus-restrictions|url-status=live}} As a result, the White House denied that Trump was firing Fauci, and blamed the media for overreacting.{{cite news |last1=Shepherd |first1=Katie |last2=Wagner |first2=John |last3=Sonmez |first3=Felicia |title=White House denies Trump is considering firing Fauci despite his retweet of a hashtag calling for his ouster |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/13/trump-fire-fauci-coronavirus/ |access-date=May 15, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200515143540/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/13/trump-fire-fauci-coronavirus/ |archive-date=May 15, 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Orr |first1=Gabby |last2=Levine |first2=Marianne |title=Trump's #FireFauci retweet spurs a cycle of outrage and a White House denial |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/13/trump-fauci-fire-tweet-coronavirus-183907 |access-date=May 15, 2020 |work=Politico |date=April 13, 2020 |archive-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505084853/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/13/trump-fauci-fire-tweet-coronavirus-183907 |url-status=live }}

Fauci was criticized by right-wing pundits and received death threats that necessitated a security detail.{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/490763-fauci-dismisses-death-threats-its-my-job |title=Fauci dismisses death threats: 'It's my job' |last=Budryk |first=Zack |date=April 2, 2020 |website=The Hill|access-date=April 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404061334/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/490763-fauci-dismisses-death-threats-its-my-job|archive-date=April 4, 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/anthony-fauci-security-detail/index.html |title=Nation's top coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci forced to beef up security as death threats increase |first1=Kate |last1=Bennett |first2=Evan |last2=Perez |work=CNN|date=April 2, 2020 |access-date=April 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402041259/https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/anthony-fauci-security-detail/index.html|archive-date=April 2, 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/dr-fauci-security-reportedly-expanded-as-infectious-disease-expert-faces-threats|title=Dr Fauci: security reportedly expanded as infectious disease expert faces threats |first=Maanvi|last=Singh|date=April 2, 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403172130/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/dr-fauci-security-reportedly-expanded-as-infectious-disease-expert-faces-threats |archive-date=April 3, 2020 |url-status=live}} In an interview with 60 Minutes in 2020, he mentioned that other members of his family, including his wife and daughters, had been repeatedly harassed since the pandemic began.{{Cite web|title=Fauci admits administration has restricted his media appearances, says he's not surprised Trump got COVID|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fauci-no-surprised-trump-covid-19-media-appearances-60-minutes/|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=CBS News|date=October 19, 2020 }}

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In June 2020, Fauci said that he was "very concerned" that the ongoing protests against police brutality would cause "surges" in COVID-19 cases, stating that the "large crowds" are a "perfect set-up" for the virus to spread.{{cite news |last1=Bekiempis |first1=Victoria |title=US coronavirus deaths near 110,000 as local economies continue to reopen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/06/us-coronavirus-deaths-economy-reopen-protests |access-date=February 28, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=June 6, 2020}} In July 2020, Fauci advised the public to "avoid crowds of any type".{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Peter |title=Jim Jordan presses Fauci on protests, COVID-19 |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/509961-jim-jordan-presses-fauci-on-protests-covid-19 |access-date=February 28, 2021 |work=The Hill |date=July 31, 2020}}

On July 6, 2020, Fauci spoke on a Facebook livestream, offering his opinion that the country's situation pertaining to COVID-19 "is really not good", pointing to more than 55,000 new cases on July 4, 2020. He said the United States was "still knee-deep in the first wave" of cases, and was experiencing a "resurgence of infections".{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Sara |title=Fauci on a COVID-19 vaccine: 'We will at least have an answer' in the winter whether it works |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fauci-covid-19-vaccine-we-will-least-have-answer-winter-n1233024 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |work=NBC News |date=July 7, 2020 |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715212237/https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fauci-covid-19-vaccine-we-will-least-have-answer-winter-n1233024 |url-status=live }} On July 7, 2020, during a press conference, Fauci stated that it was a "false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death" for COVID-19 in the country: "There's so many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus, don't get yourself into false complacency." Both Trump and the White House had cited the falling death rate as proof of success of the Trump administration's response.{{cite news |last1=LeBlanc |first1=Paul |title=Fauci warns against 'false complacency' as Trump touts falling coronavirus death rate |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/fauci-coronavirus-pandemic-us-response/index.html |access-date=July 13, 2020 |work=CNN|date=July 8, 2020 |archive-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711172649/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/fauci-coronavirus-pandemic-us-response/index.html |url-status=live }} After this appearance by Fauci, the White House cancelled three media appearances that had been scheduled for him later that week.{{cite news |last1=Abutaleb |first1=Yasmeen |last2=Dawsey |first2=Josh |last3=McGinley |first3=Laurie |title=Fauci is sidelined by the White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/11/fauci-trump-coronavirus/ |access-date=July 13, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 12, 2020 |archive-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712213951/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/11/fauci-trump-coronavirus/ |url-status=live }} On July 7, 2020, Trump contradicted Fauci's comments describing a dire situation in the country, with Trump saying: "I think we are in a good place. I disagree with [Fauci]."{{cite news |last1=Carvajal |first1=Nikki |title=Trump says he disagrees with Fauci: 'I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him.' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-07-20-intl/h_980c3fd6931a1535a28ac5a56c4b3be2 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |work=CNN|date=July 7, 2020 |archive-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713003249/https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-07-20-intl/h_980c3fd6931a1535a28ac5a56c4b3be2 |url-status=live }} While there were disagreements, Trump also at times praised Fauci.{{cite news |title=Trump offers praise for absent Fauci: 'He's a good man' |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/489145-trump-offers-praise-for-nihs-fauci-hes-a-good-man |work=The Hill |date=March 23, 2020 |access-date=April 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406151121/https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/489145-trump-offers-praise-for-nihs-fauci-hes-a-good-man |archive-date=April 6, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Who is Dr Anthony Fauci, the US's trusted voice on coronavirus? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/dr-anthony-fauci-trusted-voice-coronavirus-200330124431910.html |work=Al Jazeera |date=March 30, 2020 |access-date=April 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401052651/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/dr-anthony-fauci-trusted-voice-coronavirus-200330124431910.html |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=How Fauci Prods, Persuades Trump on Coronavirus Response |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-coronavirus-crisis-deepens-trump-and-fauci-form-complicated-bond-11585682074 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 31, 2020 |access-date=April 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402013651/https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-coronavirus-crisis-deepens-trump-and-fauci-form-complicated-bond-11585682074 |archive-date=April 2, 2020 |url-status=live}}

On July 9, 2020, Trump publicly opined that Fauci "is a nice man, but he's made a lot of mistakes."{{cite news |last1=Lederman |first1=Josh |last2=O'Donnell |first2=Kelly |title=White House seeks to discredit Fauci as coronavirus surges |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-seeks-discredit-fauci-amid-coronavirus-surge-n1233612 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |work=NBC News |date=July 13, 2020 |archive-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713002826/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-seeks-discredit-fauci-amid-coronavirus-surge-n1233612 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Trump: 'I disagree' with Fauci on Covid-19 in the US |url=https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2020/07/606753/trump-i-disagree-fauci-covid-19-us |access-date=July 13, 2020 |agency=Agence France Presse |date=July 8, 2020 |archive-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709192432/https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2020/07/606753/trump-i-disagree-fauci-covid-19-us |url-status=live }} By July 12, 2020, a White House official told media outlets that "several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things", passing to the media a list of purported mistakes made by Fauci during the outbreak. Included were statements Fauci made during a February 29, 2020, interview where he stated that "at this moment, there is no need to change anything that you're doing on a day-by-day basis." However, the White House list neglected to mention that in that same interview, Fauci had stated that the risk could change, "when you start to see community spread", and that the disease could morph into "a major outbreak" in the country.{{Cite news|last=Haberman|first=Maggie|date=July 12, 2020|title=Trump Aides Undercut Fauci as He Speaks Up on Virus Concerns|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/us/politics/fauci-trump-coronavirus.html|access-date=July 13, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712235603/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/us/politics/fauci-trump-coronavirus.html|url-status=live}}

As late as September 23, 2020, when U.S. coronavirus fatalities exceeded 200,000, conservatives continued to question Fauci's and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommendations for responding to the pandemic. In a hearing before the Senate's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Kentucky's Senator Rand Paul asked him if he had "second thoughts" about his mitigation recommendations, including keeping six feet of distance from others and mask-wearing, claiming, "our death rate is essentially worse than Sweden's." Fauci stood by the guidelines, indicating Sweden's fatality rate exceeded those of other Scandinavian countries, and said the comparison between Sweden and the U.S. was not legitimate. Fauci said the recommendations remained valid. After Paul then asserted New York's high fatality rate showed that mitigation efforts were insufficient, Fauci replied, "You've misconstrued that, Senator, and you've done that repetitively in the past." Fauci explained further that New York State had succeeded in getting the virus under control by following the CDC's clinical guidelines.[https://www.yahoo.com/news/dr-fauci-sen-paul-not-173645628.html Dr. Fauci to Senator Paul: 'You are not listening{{spaces}}...'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924151738/https://www.yahoo.com/news/dr-fauci-sen-paul-not-173645628.html |date=September 24, 2020 }}, Yahoo News (Reuters), September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020. Paul had made numerous claims about herd immunity, Sweden's interventions to combat the pandemic, the contention that the populations of Asian countries have greater resilience against COVID-19, and statements about death rates due to the virus.[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/23/coronavirus-fauci-pushes-back-against-rand-paul-covid-19-hearing/3506493001/ 'You misconstrue that, Senator': Fauci tells Rand Paul he has the facts wrong on COVID-19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923230624/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/23/coronavirus-fauci-pushes-back-against-rand-paul-covid-19-hearing/3506493001/ |date=September 23, 2020 }}, USA Today, September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020. Fauci would have several intense exchanges with Paul.

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In October 2020, Fauci objected after his words, "I can't imagine that anybody could be doing more" were featured in an advertisement from the Trump campaign touting Trump's handling of the pandemic. Fauci said he did not consent to the ad, his words were taken out of context (he was actually referring to how hard the Coronavirus Task Force was working),{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/12/faucis-anger-trump-is-more-damning-than-it-first-appeared/|title=Fauci's anger at Trump is more damning than it first appeared|last=Sargent|first=Greg|date=October 12, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 12, 2020|archive-date=October 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013000500/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/12/faucis-anger-trump-is-more-damning-than-it-first-appeared/|url-status=live}} and he had never made a political endorsement in his career.{{Cite news|last=Collins|first=Kaitlan |title=Fauci says he was taken out of context in new Trump campaign ad touting coronavirus response|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/11/politics/fauci-trump-campaign-ad-out-of-context/index.html|access-date=October 12, 2020|date=October 11, 2020|work=CNN|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012094600/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/11/politics/fauci-trump-campaign-ad-out-of-context/index.html|url-status=live}}

Also, in October, Fauci criticized the Great Barrington Declaration's "focused protection" herd immunity strategy, calling it "ridiculous", "total nonsense" and "very dangerous", saying that it would lead to a large number of avoidable deaths.{{cite news |last=Rivas |first=Kayla |date=October 15, 2020 |title=Fauci calls coronavirus herd immunity approach 'nonsense, very dangerous' |work=Fox News |url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/fauci-coronavirus-herd-immunity-great-barrington-declaration-nonsense |access-date=October 17, 2020}}{{cite news |last=Hellmann |first=Jessie |date=October 15, 2020 |title=Fauci blasts herd immunity proposal embraced by White House as 'total nonsense' |newspaper=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/521220-fauci-blasts-herd-immunity-proposal-embraced-by-white-house-as-total |access-date=October 17, 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Don |date=October 15, 2020 |title=U.S. adds most COVID-19 cases in 2 months; Dr. Fauci dismisses 'herd' strategy |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/10/15/US-adds-most-COVID-19-cases-in-2-months-Dr-Fauci-dismisses-herd-strategy/9821602767961/ |access-date=October 17, 2020 |website=United Press International |language=en}} Fauci said that 30 percent of the population had underlying health conditions that made them vulnerable to the virus and that "older adults, even those who are otherwise healthy, are far more likely than young adults to become seriously ill if they get COVID-19." He added, "This idea that we have the power to protect the vulnerable is total nonsense because history has shown that that's not the case. And if you talk to anybody who has any experience in epidemiology and infectious diseases, they will tell you that that is risky, and you'll wind up with many more infections of vulnerable people, which will lead to hospitalizations and deaths. So I think that we just got to look that square in the eye and say it's nonsense."

On October 18, 2020, Fauci mentioned that he "wasn't surprised" Donald Trump contracted COVID-19. The next day, during a presidential call, Trump called Fauci "a disaster" and said that "people are tired of COVID."{{Cite web|last=Fernandez|first=Marisa|title=Trump calls Fauci a "disaster" on campaign call|url=https://www.axios.com/trump-calls-fauci-disaster-42428ddc-01e9-44a6-9ff9-55aa4cc5f55f.html|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=Axios|date=October 19, 2020}} During a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 19, Trump launched attacks on his political rival Joe Biden, saying that Biden "wants to listen to Dr. Fauci" regarding the handling of the pandemic, upon which Biden merely replied "Yes" on Twitter.{{cite web |last1=Demsas |first1=Jerusalem |title=Trump's new attack: Biden "wants to listen to Fauci" |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/10/20/21524265/trump-attack-biden-fauci-covid-19-polls |website=Vox |date=October 20, 2020}} On October 31, The Washington Post published an extensive interview with Fauci, in which he voiced a candid assessment of the administration's COVID-19 policies and was critical of the influence of presidential advisor Scott Atlas.{{cite news |last1=Dawsey |first1=Josh |last2=Abutaleb |first2=Yasmeen |date=October 31, 2020 |title='A whole lot of hurt': Fauci warns of covid-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump's response |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fauci-covid-winter-forecast/2020/10/31/e3970eb0-1b8b-11eb-bb35-2dcfdab0a345_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 31, 2020}}

Shortly after midnight on November 2, 2020, Trump insinuated he would fire Fauci "after the election" while on stage at a campaign rally at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in Opa-locka, Florida. At the rally, he made false claims that the pandemic was "rounding the turn" and was met by audience chants of "Fire Fauci!", to which he responded, "Don't tell anybody, but let me wait until after the election{{spaces}}... I appreciate the advice."

{{cite news|url=https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/02/trump-threatens-to-fire-fauci-after-the-election/|last=Facher|first=Lev|title=Trump threatens to fire Fauci 'after the election'|access-date=March 4, 2021|work=Stat|date=November 2, 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/02/trump-fire-fauci-after-election/6120265002/|last1=Cummings|first1=William|last2=Subramanian|first2=Courtney|title='I appreciate the advice': Trump tells crowd chanting, 'Fire Fauci!' to wait until after election|access-date=March 4, 2021|work=USA Today|date=November 2, 2020}} Despite the rhetoric, Fauci was not fired.

On December 2, the United Kingdom became the first western country to license a vaccine against the coronavirus (Pfizer-BioNTech). In response, Fauci said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was proceeding "the correct way"{{cite news |last1=Henley |first1=Jon |last2=Connolly |first2=Kate |last3=Jones |first3=Sam |title=European and US experts question UK's fast-track of Covid vaccine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/03/europe-us-experts-question-uk-fast-track-covid-vaccine |access-date=December 4, 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=December 3, 2020}} and said the UK "really rushed through that approval".{{cite news |last1=Forgey |first1=Quint |title=Fauci: UK 'really rushed through that approval' of Pfizer vaccine |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/03/fauci-uk-pfizer-vaccine-rush-442588 |access-date=December 4, 2020 |work=Politico |date=December 3, 2020}} The next day Fauci apologized, telling the BBC "I have a great deal of confidence in what the UK does both scientifically and from a regulator standpoint. Our process is one that takes more time than it takes in the UK{{spaces}}... I did not mean to imply any sloppiness even though it came out that way."{{cite news |last1=Henley |first1=Jon |title=Fauci apologises after implied criticism of UK's 'rushed' Covid vaccine approval |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/04/anthony-fauci-apologises-for-implied-criticism-of-speedy-uk-vaccine-approval |access-date=December 4, 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=December 4, 2020}}

On January 3, 2021, President Trump tweeted, "The number of cases and deaths of the China Virus is far exaggerated in the United States because of [the CDC's] ridiculous method of determination compared to other countries".{{cite news |last1=Kornfield |first1=Meryl |last2=Jacobs |first2=Shayna |date=January 3, 2021 |title=As coronavirus death toll surpasses 350,000, Trump calls U.S. count 'far exaggerated' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trump-calls-us-coronavirus-death-toll-fake-news-as-count-surpasses-350000/2021/01/03/6bdc0b08-4e14-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 5, 2021}} That same morning, Fauci responded in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, "The numbers are real. We have well over 300,000 deaths. We are averaging two- to three thousand deaths per day. All you need to do{{spaces}}... is go into the trenches, go into the hospitals, go into the intensive care units and see what is happening. Those are real numbers, real people, and real deaths."{{cite news |last=Kamisar |first=Ben |date=January 3, 2021 |title=Fauci pushes back on Trump: Covid death numbers are 'real' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/fauci-pushes-back-trump-covid-death-numbers-are-real-n1252684 |location=NBC News |access-date=January 3, 2021}}

When asked if the 2021 United States Capitol attack was a COVID-19 superspreader event, Fauci stated: "I think for those people there, they probably put themselves at an increased risk because they essentially did not adhere to the fundamentals of public health and COVID-19 context which is universal wearing of masks, keeping physical distance, avoiding crowds in congregate settings. The fact that it was outdoors is a little bit better than if they were indoors completely. But you can still have a super spreader situation when you do things in a crowded way."{{Cite web|last=Mastis|first=Lindsey|date=January 7, 2021|title= Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses whether Capitol riot was a superspreader event|url=http://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/dr-anthony-fauci-capitol-riot-superspreader|access-date=May 14, 2021|website=WJLA-TV}}

On January 23, 2021, Fauci was quoted saying that letting the science speak on the pandemic got him "into a little bit of trouble" and got "push-back from people in the White House, including the president", during the Trump administration. Fauci was also reportedly blocked from appearing on The Rachel Maddow Show for some time because the Trump administration "didn't like the way [Maddow handles] things and they didn't want me on [the show]."{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Avie |date=January 23, 2021 |title=Dr. Fauci relishes a 'hallelujah' moment |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/01/23/959949611/fauci-relishes-a-hallelujah-moment |access-date=March 25, 2021 |newspaper=NPR}}

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On December 3, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden asked Fauci, in addition to remaining in his role as director of the NIAID, to serve as the chief medical advisor to the president in the Biden administration.{{cite web|last=Merica|first=Dan|date=December 4, 2020|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/03/politics/biden-harris-interview-jake-tapper/index.html|title=CNN Exclusive: Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office|website=CNN|access-date=December 4, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Joe |date=December 4, 2020 |title=Biden Asks Fauci To Serve As 'Chief Medical Advisor' During Covid Crisis |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/12/03/biden-asks-fauci-to-serve-as-chief-medical-advisor-during-covid-crisis/|website=Forbes}} Fauci accepted the offer.{{cite web |last1=Evelyn |first1=Kenya |date=December 4, 2020 |title=Fauci accepts offer of chief medical adviser role in Biden administration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/04/fauci-accepts-biden-offer-chief-medical-adviser |website=The Guardian }}

After the inauguration of Joe Biden in January 2021, Fauci said he experienced a "liberating feeling" in being able to speak freely about science without interference from the new administration. He pictured Biden's administration as committed to being "completely transparent, open and honest".{{cite web |last1=Egan |first1=Lauren |date=January 21, 2021 |title=Dr. Anthony Fauci says he feels liberated to speak freely about science, risk of Covid under Biden |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/dr-anthony-fauci-says-he-now-feels-liberated-speak-freely-n1255220 |website=NBC News |access-date=January 25, 2021}} Fauci was involved in the development of the Biden administration's plan for a nationwide COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

In early April 2021, Fauci said of the current situation in the United States that "It's almost a race between getting people vaccinated and this surge that seems to want to increase".{{Cite web|last1=Holcombe|first1=Madeline|last2=Andone|first2=Dakin|date=April 9, 2021|title=Fauci says new Covid-19 cases are at a disturbing level as the US is primed for a surge|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/08/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=CNN}}

In early May 2021, when asked if the CDC's summer camp guidance was excessive, Fauci responded by saying that "I wouldn't call them excessive, but they certainly are conservative" and added that the guidance "looks a bit strict" and "a bit stringent".{{Cite web|last=Stump|first=Scott|date=May 5, 2021|title=Dr. Fauci calls CDC summer camp guidelines 'a bit strict'|url=https://www.today.com/health/dr-fauci-calls-cdc-summer-camp-guidelines-bit-strict-t217469|access-date=May 5, 2021|website=Today}} Also in early May, Fauci said that he is "not convinced" that COVID-19 originated naturally and that "we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we continue to find out to the best of our ability what happened".{{Cite web|last=Cillizza|first=Chris|title=Analysis: Why is Anthony Fauci hedging on the origins of the coronavirus?|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/24/politics/fauci-donald-trump-coronavirus/index.html|access-date=June 3, 2021|website=CNN|date=May 24, 2021 }} In mid-May 2021, Fauci said that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks outdoors, except for in "completely crowded situations".{{Citation|title=Dr. Fauci: 'Put aside your mask' if you're fully vaccinated and outside – CNN Video|date=May 13, 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/05/13/fauci-masks-outside-harlow-sciutto-cohen-sot-newsroom-vpx.cnn|access-date=May 13, 2021}} This guidance was updated in July 2021 to recommend that all people wear masks regardless of vaccination status, in what Fauci said was due to the much more contagious Delta variant.{{Cite web|last=Stieg|first=Cory|date=July 28, 2021|title=Dr. Fauci on CDC mask guidelines: 'We are dealing with a different virus now'|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/28/dr-fauci-on-why-cdc-changed-guidelines-delta-is-a-different-virus.html|access-date=August 15, 2021|website=CNBC}}

In May 2021, Fauci denied that the National Institutes of Health supported "gain-of-function research" at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.{{Cite news|title=Analysis: The repeated claim that Fauci lied to Congress about 'gain-of-function' research|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/29/repeated-claim-that-fauci-lied-congress-about-gain-of-function-research/|access-date=October 29, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}

In early June 2021, over 3,000 internal government emails sent by Fauci from January to June 2020 were obtained by media outlets through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. These emails contain information about how the United States and Fauci initially responded to COVID-19.{{Cite news|date=June 2, 2021|title=Why are people talking about Dr Anthony Fauci's emails?|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57336280|access-date=June 2, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Blake |first1=Aaron |title=The alleged Fauci 'smoking gun' emails |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/03/alleged-fauci-smoking-gun-emails/ |access-date=June 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210604124636/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/03/alleged-fauci-smoking-gun-emails/ |archive-date=June 4, 2021}}

On June 22, 2021, Fauci said that the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is the "greatest threat" to eliminating COVID-19 in the United States.{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Sara G.|date=June 22, 2021|title=Delta variant is 'greatest threat' to eliminating Covid in U.S., Fauci says|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/delta-variant-greatest-threat-eliminating-covid-u-s-fauci-says-n1271933|access-date=June 23, 2021|website=NBC News}}

In December 2021, Fauci, along with virologist Jeffery K. Taubenberger and David M. Morens endorsed the development of a universal coronavirus vaccine, advocating in favor of "an international collaborative effort to extensively sample coronaviruses from bats as well as wild and farmed animals to help understand the full "universe" of existing and emerging coronaviruses."{{Cite journal|last1=Morens|first1=David M.|last2=Taubenberger|first2=Jeffery K.|last3=Fauci|first3=Anthony S.|date=December 15, 2021|title=Universal Coronavirus Vaccines — An Urgent Need|journal=The New England Journal of Medicine|volume=386|issue=4|pages=297–299|doi=10.1056/NEJMp2118468|pmid=34910863|s2cid=245219817|issn=0028-4793|doi-access=free|pmc=11000439}}{{Cite web|date=December 16, 2021|title=NIH scientists urge pursuit of universal coronavirus vaccine|url=https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-scientists-urge-pursuit-universal-coronavirus-vaccine|access-date=December 20, 2021|website=National Institutes of Health (NIH)|language=EN}}{{Cite web|last=Bush|first=Evan|date=December 15, 2021|title=Fauci pushes for universal coronavirus vaccine|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fauci-pushes-universal-coronavirus-vaccine-rcna8877|access-date=December 20, 2021|website=NBC News|language=en}}

In February 2022, Fauci told the Financial Times that "As we get out of the full-blown pandemic phase of Covid-19, which we are certainly heading out of, these decisions will increasingly be made on a local level rather than centrally decided or mandated. There will also be more people making their own decisions on how they want to deal with the virus."{{Cite news|last=Stacey|first=Kiran|date=February 9, 2022|title='Full blown' pandemic phase of Covid nearly over in US, declares Fauci|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3800e619-3404-4e57-a9eb-dab311405c2a|access-date=February 13, 2022}}

In March 2022, Fauci said that the United States should expect an increase in COVID-19 cases from the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron, but that it might not lead to a severe increase in hospitalizations and deaths.{{Cite web |last=Haslett |first=Cheyenne |date=March 18, 2022 |title=Fauci says COVID-19 cases will likely increase soon, though not necessarily hospitalizations |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fauci-covid-19-cases-increase-necessarily-hospitalizations/story?id=83509114 |access-date=March 19, 2022 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

On April 27, 2022, Fauci said that the United States was "out of the full-blown explosive pandemic phase" of COVID-19.{{Cite news |last1=Achenbach |first1=Joel |last2=Pietsch |first2=Bryan |date=April 27, 2022 |title=U.S. no longer in 'full-blown' pandemic phase, Fauci says |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/04/27/pandemic-phase-over-fauci-covid/ |access-date=May 9, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}

On May 15, 2022, Fauci said that he would resign if Donald Trump wins the 2024 U.S. presidential election.{{Cite web |last=Vargas |first=Ramon Antonio |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Fauci says he will resign if Trump retakes the presidency in 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/16/fauci-resign-trump-president-2024 |access-date=May 16, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} In a July 2022 interview with Politico, Fauci had been reported to be "leaving by the end of President Joe Biden's term", though he later clarified he may step down from his role as NIAID director. Fauci also told Politico he is seeking to "help repair the widespread partisan polarization that has divided the nation and politicized science".{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fauci-clarifies-not-retire-leave-current-niaid-director-position | title=Fauci clarifies that he will not retire, but will leave current NIAID director position | website=Fox News | date=July 19, 2022 }} On August 22, 2022, Fauci announced that he will step down from his position in December "to pursue the next chapter" of his career.{{Cite web |last=Stanton |first=Cady |title=Dr. Anthony Fauci, face of the nation's pandemic health response, to step down in December |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/08/22/dr-anthony-fauci-step-down/7864803001/ |access-date=August 22, 2022 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} He resigned from his position on December 31 of that same year.{{Cite web |date=December 25, 2022 |title='I had to fulfil my responsibility': Fauci on his career, Covid and stepping down |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/25/fauci-interview-covid-trump-biden |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

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On January 20, 2025, on the day of Donald Trump's inauguration, President Biden preemptively pardoned Fauci for future potential prosecution for any federal offenses which he may have committed or taken part in between January 1, 2014, and the day of the pardon.{{cite news | last1=Long | first1=Colleen | last2=Miller | first2=Zeke | title=Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump | date=January 20, 2025 | url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-trump-fauci-milley-pardons-january-6-3cba287f89051513fb48d7ae700ae747 | work=apnews.com }} Some reacted to this pardon as an "unprecedented use" of the president's clemency powers.{{Cite web |title=Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for siblings, Fauci and 6 Jan riot committee |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r5g5dezk4o |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Peter |date=2025-01-20 |title=Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/biden-pardons-fauci-milley-cheney-jan-6.html |access-date=2025-01-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-20 |title=Biden issues pre-emptive pardons to Dr. Fauci and other Trump targets |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-pardon-fauci-trump-inauguration-b2682804.html |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

On June 26, 2023, Georgetown University announced that Fauci would join its faculty as a distinguished professor, teaching in both the School of Medicine and McCourt School of Public Policy, effective July 1.{{cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Lenny |date=June 26, 2023 |title=Fauci, former face of U.S. covid response, to join Georgetown faculty |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/06/26/fauci-georgetown-teach-covid/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

On February 7, 2025, the United States Department of Health and Human Services terminated a $168,000 contract for a Fauci museum exhibit at the National Institutes of Health.{{cite news | last=Dobkin | first=Rachel | title=Fauci Museum Exhibit Funding Canceled: DOGE | date=February 7, 2025 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/anthony-fauci-museum-exhibit-funding-canceled-doge-2028191 | work=newsweek.com }}

Owing to his prominent role in the United States' response to numerous global pandemics, most notably HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, Fauci has become the subject of tributes and interpretations across various media, including television, literature, merchandising, and internet memes.{{cite news|last=Paz|first=Christian|date=April 22, 2020|title=Anthony Fauci's Gen Z Cred|work=The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/how-anthony-fauci-made-himself-meme/610330/|access-date=August 30, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830044257/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/how-anthony-fauci-made-himself-meme/610330/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Gentzler|first=Doreen|date=June 8, 2020|title=Cocktails, Sexiest Man Alive, and Shirts: Dr. Anthony Fauci On Becoming a Pop Culture Icon|publisher=NBC 4 Washington|url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/cocktails-sexiest-man-alive-and-shirts-dr-anthony-fauci-on-becoming-a-pop-culture-icon/2326166/|access-date=August 30, 2020|archive-date=September 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906210256/https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/cocktails-sexiest-man-alive-and-shirts-dr-anthony-fauci-on-becoming-a-pop-culture-icon/2326166/|url-status=live}} Brad Pitt's performance as Fauci during the 2020 season of Saturday Night Live earned the actor an Emmy nomination, and praise from Fauci.{{cite news|last=Gonzales|first=Sandra|date=July 29, 2020|title=Brad Pitt scores Emmy nomination for playing Dr. Fauci on 'SNL'|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/entertainment/brad-pitt-emmy-nomination-fauci/index.html|access-date=August 30, 2020|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904104514/https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/entertainment/brad-pitt-emmy-nomination-fauci/index.html|url-status=live}} Author Sally Quinn has credited Fauci as the inspiration for the love interest to the protagonist in her bestselling 1991 romance novel Happy Endings.{{cite news|last=Sangal|first=Aditi|date=May 11, 2020|title=Dr. Fauci as a romance novel hero? It's happened|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/us/fauci-romance-novel-hero-trnd/index.html|access-date=August 30, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830044923/https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/us/fauci-romance-novel-hero-trnd/index.html|url-status=live}} Larry Kramer based the character Dr. Anthony Della Vida on Fauci in his play The Destiny of Me.{{cite news|last=McNeil|first=Donald G. Jr.|date=July 13, 2020|title='We Loved Each Other': Fauci Recalls Larry Kramer, Friend and Nemesis|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/health/larry-kramer-anthony-fauci.html|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=September 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909022713/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/health/larry-kramer-anthony-fauci.html|url-status=live}}

In the spring of 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, bakeries across the United States began selling pastries, particularly donuts, with Fauci's face on them to pay tribute to his work in the public health sector.{{Cite web|first=Lauren M.|last=Johnson|title=Doughnuts featuring Dr. Fauci's face are quickly becoming a nationwide hit|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/26/us/dr-fauci-doughnuts-trnd/index.html|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=CNN|date=March 26, 2020}}

In September 2021, Fauci, a documentary film about Fauci's life and career, was released by Magnolia Pictures.{{Cite web|date=August 31, 2021|title=National Geographic Documentary Films Sets FAUCI Theatrical Release Date With Magnolia Pictures for Sept. 10|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210831005921/en/National-Geographic-Documentary-Films-Sets-FAUCI-Theatrical-Release-Date-With-Magnolia-Pictures-for-Sept.-10|access-date=October 10, 2021|website=Business Wire}} The film was produced by National Geographic Documentary Films.{{Cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=February 1, 2021|title=Dr. Anthony Fauci Documentary In Works At Nat Geo From Oscar And Emmy Winners; Watch First Trailer|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/anthony-fauci-documentary-national-geographic-1234684877/|access-date=October 10, 2021|website=Deadline}}

In November 2021, Skyhorse released a book by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. titled The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health.{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Real-Anthony-Fauci/Robert-F-Kennedy-Jr/Children-s-Health-Defense/9781510766808 |title=The Real Anthony Fauci |date=November 16, 2021 |isbn=978-1-5107-6680-8 |language=en |author1=Robert F Kennedy JR |publisher=Skyhorse }} In response, Fauci described the author as "a very disturbed individual".{{cite web |last=Lash|first=Jolie| url=https://www.thewrap.com/dr-fauci-rfk-jr-shame-kennedys-disturbed-individual/ |title=Fauci Calls RFK Jr. A 'Very Disturbed Individual' over Career Attacks |publisher=The Wrap|date=December 22, 2021|access-date=August 21, 2024}}

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Fauci is a longtime resident of Washington, D.C. The Washington Post reported in 2022 that he has lived in the same "comfortable but modest house since 1977". In 1985, he married Christine Grady, a nurse and bioethicist with the NIH, after they met while treating a patient.{{Cite journal|last=Fauci|first=Jennifer|date=February 2002|title=Patient Portables|journal=The Nurse Practitioner|volume=27|issue=2|pages=54|doi=10.1097/00006205-200202000-00032|issn=0361-1817}} Grady is chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. Together, they have three adult daughters.{{Cite web|last=Larson|first=Shannon|title=Fauci was forced to miss his daughter's wedding because he had COVID|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/30/nation/fauci-got-covid-holy-cross-reunion-had-miss-his-daughters-wedding/|date=June 30, 2022|access-date=March 24, 2023|website=Boston Globe|archive-date=June 30, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220630151238/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/30/nation/fauci-got-covid-holy-cross-reunion-had-miss-his-daughters-wedding/|url-status=live}} At the time of his retirement, Fauci's annual salary was $480,654, making him the highest paid U.S. federal government employee at the time.

Fauci has described himself as "completely nonpolitical".{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/us/politics/anthony-fauci-retirement.html |title=Fauci Looks Ahead to Life After Government |page=A11 |date=December 30, 2022 |accessdate=June 27, 2023 |last=Stolberg |first=Sheryl Gay |newspaper=The New York Times |url-access=limited}} His voter registration shows that he is not affiliated with any political party, although he still votes. Prior to 2020, he had positive relationships with both Democrats and Republicans, and considered George W. Bush a close friend: "Obviously there's been appropriate controversy regarding decisions regarding Iraq, but his moral compass about health equity is very strong." Fauci has specifically praised Bush's work to combat HIV/AIDS through PEPFAR, a global health initiative credited with saving over 20 million lives as of 2021 primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to Fauci, "[Bush's] exact words to me were, 'We have a moral responsibility as a rich nation to not have people suffer and die merely because of where they live and the circumstances in which they were born'". Former CDC director and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, Tom Frieden, said that "I have no idea what his politics are. Reagan and both Bushes liked him. Clinton and Obama liked him".{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Myah |date=August 22, 2022 |title=The next Anthony Fauci |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2022/08/22/the-next-anthony-fauci-00053215 |access-date=August 23, 2022 |website=Politico |language=en}}

On March 23, 2021, Fauci was admitted as an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.{{cite news |title=WATCH: Dr. Anthony Fauci receives highest honor at Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/anthony-fauci-royal-college-of-physicians-ireland |access-date=December 12, 2021 |work=IrishCentral.com |date=March 25, 2021 |language=en}}

Fauci has served as one of the principal editors of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, named on the front cover, from the 11th edition published in 1986,{{Cite book|title=Amazon.com|isbn=0-07-100134-4 |last1=Braunwald |first1=Eugene |last2=Harrison |first2=Tinsley Randolph |year=1988 |publisher=McGraw-Hill }} and on through the 12th, 13th,{{cite journal | title=Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13Th Edition | journal=Shock | date=January 1996 | volume=5 | issue=1 | page=78 | last1=Isselbacher | first1=Kurt J. | last2=Braunwald | first2=Eugene | last3=Wilson | first3=Jean D. | last4=Martin | first4=Joseph B. | last5=Fauci | first5=Anthony S. | last6=Kasper | first6=Dennis L. | doi=10.1097/00024382-199601000-00019 | doi-access=free }} 14th,{{cite journal | doi=10.1038/sj.sc.3100671 | title=Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 14th Edition | year=1998 | last1=Illis | first1=L. S. | journal=Spinal Cord | volume=36 | issue=9 | page=665 | s2cid=52818862 | doi-access=free }} 15th,{{cite journal | url=https://journals.lww.com/shockjournal/fulltext/2002/04000/harrison_s_principles_of_internal_medicine,_15th.21.aspx | title=Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 15th Edition | journal=Shock | date=April 2002 | volume=17 | issue=4 | pages=343–344 | last1=Frey | first1=Donald }} 16th,{{cite web | url=https://www.abebooks.com/9780071402354/Harrisons-Principles-Internal-Medicine-16th-0071402357/plp | title=9780071402354: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 16th Edition - Kasper, Dennis L.; Braunwald, Eugene; Hauser, Stephen; Longo, Dan; Jameson, J. Larry; Fauci, Anthony S.: 0071402357 - AbeBooks }}

17th,{{Cite book|title=Amazon.com|isbn=978-0-07-146633-2 |last1=Braunwald |first1=Eugene |last2=Kasper |first2=Dennis |last3=Longo |first3=Dan |last4=Hauser |first4=Stephen |last5=Jameson |first5=J. |last6=Loscalzo |first6=Joseph |date=March 6, 2008 }} 18th, 19th,{{cite book | isbn=978-1-259-64288-3 | title=Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Self-Assessment and Board Review, 19th Edition | last1=Larry Jameson | first1=J. | last2=Fauci | first2=Anthony S. | last3=Hauser | first3=Stephen L. | last4=Brown | first4=Cynthia | last5=Kasper | first5=Dennis L. | last6=Wiener | first6=Charles | last7=Loscalzo | first7=Joseph | last8=Longo | first8=Dan L. | last9=Houston | first9=Brain | date=January 11, 2017 | publisher=McGraw-Hill Education }} 20th version, and latest (at the time of writing) 21st edition,{{cite book | isbn=978-1-264-26850-4 | title=Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine | last1=Loscalzo | first1=Joseph | last2=Fauci | first2=Anthony S. | last3=Kasper | first3=Dennis L. | last4=Hauser | first4=Stephen L. | last5=Longo | first5=Dan Louis | last6=Larry Jameson | first6=J. | year=2022 | publisher=McGraw Hill }} published in 2022. He was the editor-in-chief of the 14th and 17th editions.

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• 1979: Arthur S. Flemming Award{{cite web |access-date=April 2, 2020 |title=Press Release Archive: Twelve Outstanding Public Servants Representing the Best and Brightest in Federal Government to be Honored at 53rd Annual Arthur S. Flemming Awards Presented by GW June 11 |url=https://www2.gwu.edu/~media/pressreleases/06-06-02-FlemmingAdvisory.htm |website=www2.gwu.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902123738/http://www.gwu.edu/~media/pressreleases/06-06-02-FlemmingAdvisory.htm|archive-date=September 2, 2013|url-status=live}}
• 1993: Honorary Doctor of Science, Bates College{{Cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/president/list-of-honorary-degree-recipients/|title=List of Honorary Degree Recipients {{!}} Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, D.Sc. {{!}} Bates College|date=May 31, 1993|website=Bates College|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111014348/https://www.bates.edu/president/list-of-honorary-degree-recipients/|archive-date=January 11, 2020|access-date=April 10, 2020|quote=Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, D.Sc. (May 31, 1993)}}
• 1995: Ernst Jung Prize (shared with Samuel A. Wells Jr.){{cite web |title=All Laureates – English |url=http://www.jung-stiftung.de/en/die-jung-stiftung-1/ernst-jung-preis-fuer-medizin/alle-preistraeger |publisher=Jung Foundation for Science and Research |access-date=November 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105033100/http://www.jung-stiftung.de/en/die-jung-stiftung-1/ernst-jung-preis-fuer-medizin/alle-preistraeger|archive-date=November 5, 2016|url-status=live}}
• 1995: Honorary Doctor of Science, Duke University{{Cite web|url=https://goduke.com/news/2020/4/2/mens-basketball-dr-fauci-joined-coach-k-for-todays-basketball-beyond.aspx|title=SiriusXM's Basketball and Beyond with Coach K: Dr. Anthony Fauci|website=Duke University|date=April 2, 2020 |access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016175706/https://goduke.com/news/2020/4/2/mens-basketball-dr-fauci-joined-coach-k-for-todays-basketball-beyond.aspx|url-status=live}}
• 1996: Honorary Doctor of Science, Colgate University{{cite web |url=http://www4.colgate.edu/scene/july1996/honorary-degrees.html |title=Honoris causa |website=Colgate University |access-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825105159/http://www4.colgate.edu/scene/july1996/honorary-degrees.html |archive-date=August 25, 2007 |url-status=dead }}
• 1999: Honorary Doctor of Public Service, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania{{Cite book|author=((United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies))|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4a7SoQfEz2QC&pg=PA954|title=Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2001: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session|date=2000|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-060655-7|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016175706/https://books.google.com/books?id=4a7SoQfEz2QC&pg=PA954|url-status=live}}
• 2002: Albany Medical Center Prize{{cite web |first=Lawrence K. |last=Altman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/28/us/aids-researcher-fauci-wins-prize.html |title=AIDS Researcher Fauci Wins Prize |work=The New York Times |date=March 28, 2002 |access-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527213848/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/28/us/aids-researcher-fauci-wins-prize.html |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |url-status=live}}
• 2003: Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement{{cite web |title=Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Biography and Interview |website=achievement.org |publisher=American Academy of Achievement |url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/anthony-s-fauci-m-d/#interview|access-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208114942/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/anthony-s-fauci-m-d/#interview|archive-date=February 8, 2019|url-status=live}}
• 2005: National Medal of Science, President of the United States{{cite web |url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=5300000000430 |title=The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details |publisher=National Science Foundation |date=July 27, 2007 |access-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401062952/https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=5300000000430 |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |url-status=live}}
• 2005: American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |website=The American Association of Immunologists |url=https://www.aai.org/Awards/Career-Awards/AAI-Lifetime-Achievement-Award/Past-Recipients.aspx | access-date=September 19, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919212957/https://www.aai.org/Awards/Career-Awards/AAI-Lifetime-Achievement-Award/Past-Recipients.aspx | archive-date=September 19, 2018 | url-status=live}}
• 2007: Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award, Lasker Foundation{{cite news |last1=Altman |first1=Lawrence K. |title=4 Winners of Lasker Medical Prize |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/health/16lasker.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 16, 2007|access-date=February 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105033315/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/health/16lasker.html?ref=us|archive-date=November 5, 2016|url-status=live}}
• 2007: George M. Kober Medal, Association of American Physicians
• 2008: Presidential Medal of Freedom
• 2013: UCSF Medal, University of California, San Francisco{{cite web |title=UCSF Medal |url=https://chancellor.ucsf.edu/chancellor-awards/ucsf-medal |website=Office of the Chancellor |access-date=July 1, 2020 |archive-date=July 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704012510/https://chancellor.ucsf.edu/chancellor-awards/ucsf-medal |url-status=live }}
• 2013: Robert Koch Gold Medal, Robert Koch Foundation, Germany{{Cite web |url=https://www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/index.php?article_id=81&clang=1 |title=Robert Koch Stiftung – Anthony S. Fauci |website=www.robert-koch-stiftung.de|access-date=March 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912231646/http://robert-koch-stiftung.de/index.php?article_id=81&clang=1|archive-date=September 12, 2016|url-status=live}}
• 2013: Prince Mahidol Award, Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, Thailand{{Cite web |url=https://www.princemahidolaward.org/people/dr-anthony-fauci/ |title=Dr. Anthony Fauci |date=November 21, 2013 |website=Prince Mahidol Award Foundation |access-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516194435/https://www.princemahidolaward.org/people/dr-anthony-fauci/ |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |url-status=dead }}
• 2015: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Johns Hopkins University{{Cite web|title=Anthony Fauci Will Get Honorary Degree|url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2015/05/21/commencement-2015-honorary-degrees/|website=Johns Hopkins University|date=May 21, 2015|access-date=July 1, 2020|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702024302/https://hub.jhu.edu/2015/05/21/commencement-2015-honorary-degrees/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees Awarded|url=https://commencement.jhu.edu/our-history/honorary-degrees-awarded/|website=Johns Hopkins University|access-date=April 24, 2021}}
• 2015: Honorary Doctor of Public Service, The George Washington University{{cite web |title=Apple CEO Tim Cook to Deliver Commencement Address |url=https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/apple-ceo-tim-cook-deliver-commencement-address |website=GW Today |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=August 16, 2021 }}{{cite web |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |url=https://provost.gwu.edu/honorary-degree-recipients |website=Office of the Provost |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=August 16, 2021}}
• 2016: John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award{{cite journal |last1=Owens |first1=Brian |title=NIAID director wins Canada Gairdner Global Health Award |journal=The Lancet |date=March 2016 |volume=387 |issue=10025 |pages=1261 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30050-2 |pmid=27017308 |pmc=7137847 |doi-access=free }}
• 2018: Honorary Doctor of Science, commencement speaker, American University{{Cite web|url=https://www.american.edu/media/news/20180418-commencement-2018.cfm|title=AU Announces 2018 Commencement Speakers|last1=Alexander|first1=Kelly|date=April 18, 2018|publisher=American University|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726051620/https://www.american.edu/media/news/20180418-commencement-2018.cfm|archive-date=July 26, 2020|url-status=live}}
• 2018: Honorary Doctor of Science, Boston University{{Cite web|title=Anthony Fauci Will Get Honorary Degree|url=http://www.bu.edu/articles/2018/anthony-fauci-receives-honorary-degree/|website=Boston University|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=May 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507022415/http://www.bu.edu/articles/2018/anthony-fauci-receives-honorary-degree/|url-status=live}}
• 2019: Bertrand Russell Society Award{{cite web | url=https://bertrandrussellsociety.org/brs-award/ | title=Bertrand Russell Society Award | date=September 9, 2018 }}
• 2020: Federal Employee of the Year, Partnership for Public Service{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Joe |date=October 7, 2020 |title=In subtle rejoinder to Trump, science carries the night at the Sammies awards for federal workers |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sammies-awards-federal-science-/2020/10/06/d9bf61cc-0811-11eb-991c-be6ead8c4018_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 10, 2020 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010091444/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sammies-awards-federal-science-/2020/10/06/d9bf61cc-0811-11eb-991c-be6ead8c4018_story.html }}
• 2020: Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership, National Academy of Medicine{{Cite web|date=October 19, 2020|title=NAM Awards First-Ever Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership to Anthony Fauci|url=https://nam.edu/nam-awards-first-ever-presidential-citation-for-exemplary-leadership-to-anthony-fauci/|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=National Academy of Medicine |last1=Destefano |first1=Laura }}
• 2020: Ripple of Hope Award, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights{{cite web | title=Dr. Fauci and Colin Kaepernick to receive award for 'commitment to social change' | website=CBS News | date=July 30, 2020 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-fauci-colin-kaepernick-robert-f-kennedy-human-rights-award/ | access-date=December 11, 2020}}
• 2020: Time{{'}}s Guardian of the Year, along with the frontline health workers, Assa Traoré, Porche Bennett-Bey, and racial justice organizers.{{cite web|author= |title=Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are 2020 Time Person of the Year |url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/nation-world/time-unveils-shortlist-for-2020-person-of-the-year/507-0c40f21d-6d56-4fb8-be16-a3a6ac2b04f6 |website=KHOU 11 |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=December 11, 2020}}
• 2020: Harris Dean's Award, The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy{{Cite web|title=Dr. Anthony Fauci to Speak at University of Chicago on March 4|url=https://harris.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/dr-anthony-fauci-speak-university-chicago-march-4|access-date=January 4, 2021|website=The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy}}
• 2020: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic{{Cite web|title=Fauci diventa cavaliere della Repubblica italiana|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/nordamerica/2021/05/18/fauci-diventa-cavaliere-della-repubblica-italiana_aa781e6c-a66a-4d87-be19-6c80ebc34146.html|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=Ansa.it|date=May 18, 2021|language=it}}
• 2020: John Maddox Prize, Sense about Science{{Cite web|title=Maddox Prize 2020 – Sense about Science|date=December 14, 2020 |url=https://senseaboutscience.org/activities/maddox-prize-2020/|access-date=September 15, 2021}}
• 2021: Blessed are the Peacemakers Award from Catholic Theological Union{{cite web |title=Blessed are the Peacemakers | date = December 6, 2022 |publisher=Catholic Theological Union |url=https://ctu.edu/peacemakers2023/ |access-date=December 7, 2022 }}{{cite web |title=Anthony Fauci and Christine Grady honored with award at CTU event | date = April 30, 2021 |publisher=National Catholic Reporter |url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/anthony-fauci-and-christine-grady-honored-award-ctu-event |access-date=December 7, 2022 }}
• 2021: Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Kathryn |date=July 1, 2021 |title=Dr. Anthony Fauci named 2021 Humanist of the Year |url=https://religionnews.com/2021/07/01/dr-anthony-fauci-named-2021-humanist-of-the-year/ |access-date=September 13, 2021 |website=Religion News Service}}
• 2021: Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2021-Anthony-Fauci-PWM.html|title=2021 Anthony S. Fauci to Receive Public Welfare Medal|website=www.nasonline.org}}
• 2021: Dan David Prize, Dan David Foundation, Israel{{cite web|url=https://www.dandavidprize.org/|title=Dan David Prize 2021 Laureates|website=dandavidprize.org|access-date=February 15, 2021}}
• 2021: President's Medal, The George Washington University{{cite web |title=Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Deliver October Commencement Keynote Address |url=https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/sen-elizabeth-warren-deliver-october-commencement-keynote-address |website=GW Today |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=August 16, 2021 }}{{cite web |last1=Trivedi |first1=Isha |title=Sen. Elizabeth Warren to deliver keynote at October Commencement |url=https://www.gwhatchet.com/2021/08/12/sen-elizabeth-warren-to-deliver-keynote-address-at-in-person-commencement/ |website=The GW Hatchet |publisher=Hatchet Publications, Inc. |access-date=August 16, 2021 |date=August 12, 2021}}
• 2021: Honorary Doctor of Science, McGill University{{Cite web|url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/dr-anthony-fauci-to-receive-honourary-doctorate-from-mcgill|title=Dr. Anthony Fauci to receive honorary doctorate from McGill|website=McGill University|date=September 28, 2021|access-date=October 2, 2021}}
• 2022: Honorary Doctor of Science, Sapienza University of Rome{{Cite web|url=https://www.uniroma1.it/en/notizia/honorary-doctorate-anthony-fauci|website=Università la Sapienza|date=January 13, 2022|access-date=January 16, 2022|title=Honorary Doctorate to Anthony Fauci | Sapienza Università di Roma}}
• 2022: Honorary Doctor of Science, commencement speaker, University of Michigan{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Leonard N. |title=Fauci tells '20, '21 UM grads to believe in science, reject 'normalization of untruths' |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/05/07/fauci-speaks-comeback-ceremony-university-michigan-class-2020/9675161002/ |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}}
• 2022: Hutch Award winner, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center{{Cite web |last=Fred Hutch Media Team |title=Dr. Anthony Fauci to receive honorary Hutch Award®|url=https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/releases/2022/08/dr--anthony-fauci-to-receive-honorary-hutch-award-.html |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=Fred Hutch |date= August 4, 2022|language=en-US}}
• 2023: File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 2Class BAR.svg Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star{{cite web |url= https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/100497655.pdf|title= 令和5年春の外国人叙勲 受章者名簿|access-date= April 29, 2023|work= Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan}}
• 2023: Honorary Doctor of Science, commencement speaker, Washington University in St. Louis{{Cite web |date=2023-05-15 |title=Sterling K. Brown & Dr. Anthony Fauci to speak at Washington University commencement today |url=https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/sterling-k-brown-dr-anthony-fauci-to-speak-at-washington-university-commencement-today/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=FOX 2 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Durando |first=Elizabethe Holland |date=2023-05-16 |title=Fauci urges medical school graduates to advocate for science and truth |url=https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/med-commencement-file/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |language=en}}
• 2023: Sheba Global Health Award from Sheba Medical Center{{cite news |last1=Klein Leichman |first1=Abigail |title=Fauci lauds past and future pandemic cooperation with Israel |url=https://www.israel21c.org/fauci-lauds-past-and-future-pandemic-cooperation-with-israel/ |access-date=May 31, 2023 |publisher=ISRAEL21c |date=May 1, 2023}}
• 2023: Foreign Member of the Royal Society.{{Cite web |title=Outstanding scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society {{!}} Royal Society |url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2024/05/new-fellows-2024/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=royalsociety.org |language=en}}

In addition to receiving an honorary degree in 2015, Fauci was invited to deliver guest remarks on May 21, 2020, for the Johns Hopkins University Class of 2020.{{cite web |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/05/21/commencement-2020-anthony-fauci/ |title=Anthony Fauci delivers special message to Johns Hopkins graduates |website=Johns Hopkins University |date=May 21, 2020 |first=Anthony |last=Fauci |access-date=July 1, 2020 |archive-date=July 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702072326/https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/05/21/commencement-2020-anthony-fauci/ |url-status=live }} The College of the Holy Cross renamed its science complex the Anthony S. Fauci Integrated Science Complex on June 11, 2022.{{cite web | title=Worcester's Holy Cross names science complex after Dr. Fauci | publisher=CBS Boston |via=MSN | date=June 11, 2022 | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/worcesters-holy-cross-names-science-complex-after-dr-fauci/ar-AAYmpi9?ocid=uxbndlbing| access-date=June 17, 2022}}

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• {{cite journal|last1=Fauci|first1=Anthony S.|last2=Dale|first2=David C.|last3=Balow|first3=James E.|title=Glucocorticosteroid Therapy: Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Considerations|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=March 1976|volume=84|issue=3|pages=304–15|doi=10.7326/0003-4819-84-3-304|pmid=769625}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q34058573|y}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Fauci|first1=Anthony S.|last2=Haynes|first2=Barton F.|last3=Katz|first3=Paul|title=The Spectrum of Vasculitis: Clinical, Pathologic, Immunologic, and Therapeutic Considerations|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=November 1, 1978|volume=89|issue=5_Part_1|pages=660–76|doi=10.7326/0003-4819-89-5-660|pmid=31121}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q34049019|y}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Fauci|first1=Anthony S.|last2=Haynes|first2=Barton F.|last3=Katz|first3=Paul|last4=Wolff|first4=Sheldon M.|title=Wegener's Granulomatosis: Prospective Clinical and Therapeutic Experience With 85 Patients for 21 Years|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=January 1983|volume=98|issue=1|pages=76–85|doi=10.7326/0003-4819-98-1-76|pmid=6336643}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q34055385|y}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Fauci|first1=Anthony S.|last2=Macher|first2=Abe M.|last3=Longo|first3=Dan L.|last4=Lane|first4=H. Clifford|last5=Rook|first5=Alain H.|last6=Masur|first6=Henry|last7=Gelmann|first7=Edward P.|title=Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Epidemiologic, Clinical, Immunologic, and Therapeutic Considerations|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=January 1984|volume=100|issue=1|pages=92–106|doi=10.7326/0003-4819-100-1-92|pmid=6318629}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q34055324|y}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Fauci|first1=AS|title=The human immunodeficiency virus: infectivity and mechanisms of pathogenesis|journal=Science|date=February 5, 1988|volume=239|issue=4840|pages=617–622|doi=10.1126/science.3277274|pmid=3277274|bibcode=1988Sci...239..617F|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1231207}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q34049376|y}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Pantaleo|first1=Giuseppe|last2=Graziosi|first2=Cecilia|last3=Fauci|first3=Anthony S.|title=The Immunopathogenesis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|date=February 4, 1993|volume=328|issue=5|pages=327–335|doi=10.1056/NEJM199302043280508|pmid=8093551}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q34060285|y}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Fauci|first1=Anthony S.|title=Host factors and the pathogenesis of HIV-induced disease|journal=Nature|date=December 1996|volume=384|issue=6609|pages=529–534|doi=10.1038/384529A0|pmid=8955267|bibcode=1996Natur.384..529F|s2cid=4370482|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1233194}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q34063826|y}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Morens|first1=David M.|last2=Folkers|first2=Gregory K.|last3=Fauci|first3=Anthony S.|title=The challenge of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases|journal=Nature|date=July 8, 2004|volume=430|issue=6996|pages=242–249|doi=10.1038/nature02759|pmid=15241422|pmc=7094993|bibcode=2004Natur.430..242M|doi-access=free}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q29617354|y}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Morens|first1=David M.|last2=Fauci|first2=Anthony S.|title=The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Insights for the 21st Century|journal=The Journal of Infectious Diseases|date=April 2007|volume=195|issue=7|pages=1018–1028|doi=10.1086/511989|doi-access=free|pmid=17330793}} {{Wikidata+icon|Q30230070|y}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Johnston|first1=Margaret I.|last2=Fauci|first2=Anthony S.|title=An HIV Vaccine – Challenges and Prospects|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|date=August 28, 2008|volume=359|issue=9|pages=888–890|doi=10.1056/NEJMp0806162|pmid=18753644|doi-access=free}}{{Wikidata+icon|Q34013570|y}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Fauci|editor1-first=Anthony S.|editor2-last=Harrison|editor2-first=Ross|title=Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine|year=2008|publisher=McGraw-Hill Medical|isbn=978-0-07-159991-7|edition=17th|oclc=1109159992}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Fauci|first1=Anthony S.|last2=Lane|first2=H. Clifford|last3=Redfield|first3=Robert R.|author-link3=Robert R. Redfield|title=Covid-19 – Navigating the Uncharted|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|date=March 26, 2020|volume=382|issue=13|pages=1268–1269|doi=10.1056/NEJMe2002387|doi-access=free|pmid=32109011|pmc=7121221}}

• {{cite book|first=Anthony S.|last=Fauci|title=On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service|publisher=Penguin Random House|year=2024|isbn=978-0-593-65747-8}}

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