Fauci Announces He’s Stepping Down as NIAID Director, Medical Adviser to Biden

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing, on Capitol Hill on May 17, 2022. Shawn Thew/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Dr. Anthony Fauci is stepping down from three government positions that he currently holds, he announced on Aug. 22.

He’s resigning as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden.