Dr. Anthony Fauci, who played a critical role in steering humanity through the two pandemics of our time, AIDS and C-19, announced Monday that he would step down from federal service.
From December, he will leave his positions as director of the NIAID and chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, along with his role as chief medical adviser to the president.
For decades, he was the government's top infectious disease doctor and one of the few scientists that many Americans knew by name.
Over the course of his career, Fauci served under seven U.S. presidents and led the country through numerous health crises.
As the director of NIAID in the early 1980s, he played a crucial role in combating the AIDS epidemic His tell-it-like-it-is philosophy was both praised and criticized during the nation's C-19 pandemic
A statement released Monday called him a "dedicated public servant." "Dr. Fauci's contributions to public health have saved lives around the world," the president said.
In his role as the secretary of health and human services, Xavier Becerra said he relied on Fauci's advice and praised him for "being able to explain complex science to the American people in a way that saves lives."."