Fauci

A deeply divisive figure in the US in recent years, Anthony Fauci has advised seven American presidents, forging ahead with critical early work on the burgeoning AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, and at the forefront of the US response to SARS, Ebola and Covid-19.

Long before he became a feature of Trump’s press conferences, a focus for headlines and for memes, Fauci was a brilliant and dedicated immunologist, battling for both individual and public health.