As part of our Professional Development Week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, M.D., infectious disease expert and one of the lead members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, spoke with our #GallaudetU faculty this past week on Monday, August 17! He was joined by our very own Dr. Alicia Wooten for a Q&A. Watch Dr. Fauci's presentation public health and COVID-19 updates. | Gallaudet University

Dr. Anthony Fauci said a COVID-19 vaccine could be available by the end of this year or the beginning of 2021. "We feel cautiously optimistic," he told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. More: https://trib.al/nORS6HT | NPR

Dr. Fauci has been criticized for comments he made to 60 Minutes in March, when he downplayed the need for people to wear a mask in public. This week, he told Dr. Jon LaPook that by April, new information and an improving supply of masks had changed his guidance to the nation: https://cbsn.ws/2H78SUi | 60 Minutes