The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Fauci

The actor’s attempt at humour during the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Los Angeles left the room in awkward silence

The joke reportedly went down badly in the room

A South Carolina Senate committee has rejected the Republican governor's nominee to be the state’s top doctor after hearings dominated by the state's response to the COVID pandemic

Firestorm from science deniers of anti-vaccine set shows splits in Trump world and forced RFK Jr to defend hire

The past three administrations have tried and failed to implement binding regulations on risky research that likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plus: A listener asks why some American libertarians seem to unquestioningly accept everything Vladimir Putin says.

The doctor who would be the first director of South Carolina’s newly organized health agency has a vision of reducing infant mortality, fighting childhood cancers and reducing drug overdoses

Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID-19 emergency, here's what the research says.

Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted, says author Laura Spinney

Trump's nominee for NIH director once stirred major controversy for criticizing lockdowns, mask mandates, and school closures. Yesterday, Senate Democrats didn't even raise the issue.

In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab leak was a top priority. The following day, The New York Times reported that the agency had shifted from an undecided stance to favoring a…