Dr. Anthony Fauci has been stripped of his federal security detail despite ongoing threats to his life over his role in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director Monica Bertagnolli will resign on Jan. 17, she told staff this week, ending her tenure as the head of the $48 billion biomedical research agency after

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the development of life-saving treatments,

For decades now, the National Institutes of health has funded a lot of research on illnesses and vaccines, allowing researchers to run different clinical trials and develop treatments to save millions of lives.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration.

These and other major medical breakthroughs exist in large part thanks to a major division of the National Institutes ... NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have labored ...

The Trump administration has appointed Matthew Memoli, a veteran researcher who was critical of the U.S. response to the Covid pandemic, as acting head of the NIH.

The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.

Trump revoked the security for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert and former advisor turned critic who faces regular threats to his life.

Fauci, who continues to be a target of ire years after the pandemic ended by Trump ally and billionaire Elon Musk and others, will pay for private security detail. Former President Joe Biden gave Fauci and others a preemptive pardon before leaving office,

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s federal security protection was canceled, with President Trump advising him to arrange private security. This follows Fauci’s controversial role in the COVID-19 pandemic response,

The National Institutes of Health had funded protection for the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).