2015

Did a 1 hour interview of a prolife on me by Brian Lamb to show in 2 weeks on C-SPAN.

Number of cases very low in Liberia. Surge in cases in Sierra leone starting to come down. Liberian vaccine trial getting ready to start at end of January, beginning of February. Cliff Lane in Liberia now. I will go…

White House (EEOB – 374) meeting with Deputies chaired by Ron Klain. Subject matter was vaccine trials and if there is any change in approach now that infections are so low, particularly in Liberia. Also discussed…

Writer and photographer from Financial Times (of London) came to my home today (Saturday) to do story on personal aspects of me.

Visit to NIH of Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) of the Appriopriations Subcommittee. Accompanied by Rosa DeLauro, Nita Lowy, Andy Harris , Dent, Womack. I presented work on universal flu vaccine, Ebola, Antimicrobila…

Here comes a sticky issue. The CDC (Anne Schuchat) give press conference updating on measles situation. Today I got several requests to go on TV with CNN (Anderson Cooper), Bloomberg, other networks such as CBS Morning…

Happens again. Martha Raddatz wants me for ABC This Week on Sunday and other Sunday shows. She says no. Courtney calls up and asks for an explanation. Sara says CDC has lead. As usual, Courtney says but the Shows are…

Now Governor Chris Christie is saying that parent should have the choice of not vaccinating their children. He said this juxtaposed against the POTUS saying on a Sunday Morning Show that parents should vaccinate their…

Testified today at Congressional Hearing of Commerce and Energy oversight Committee (Tim Murphy (R-PA) Chair on Influenza and why the match of vaccine was wrong. Multiple things putting me at the forefront – measles…

Max Cooper gave WALS Lecture at NIH. Went to dinner with him and Chris last night at Cesco Osteria on Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda. Still great press interest in the Measles situation now that Presidential hopefuls Chris…

Media continues over measles. Was on Fox National news. Also, Buzzfeed print; Wall Street Journal. Gave talk on Ebola at the Columbia Country Club in Bethesda on Connecticut Avenue. Biggest crowd they have ever had at…

HHS approving all my media now. Today did CNN New Day; The Hill. Also did radio interview with John Castamidas for his NYC Sunday Show. Was supposed to do MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell and another ABC Show but was…

Measles still hot. Emerging reaction by press and bloggers against mothers who do not vaccinate their children. I appear on CNN with Poppy Harlow about measles

Appear on Sunday TV “Face the Nation” with Bob Shieffer. Appear with CBS Dr. Jon LaPook. Fly to Austin, TX for LaMontagne Lecture tomorrow.

Give Inaugural John Ring La Montagne Lecture at University of Texas. John did undergraduate and Masters at U of T. His widow Elaine was present and his brother Greg. Freezing weather in DC and major historic snow storms…

Outbreak of CRE (Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae) infections at UCLA related to a contaminated duodenoscope for ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography). Went on WTOP to discuss the CRE situation at…

Went on CNN to discuss the 7 cases of CRE that occurred with 2 deaths at UCLA in association with contamination of duodenoscope used for ERCP. Press is trying to blame FDA since FDA knew about the problem with…

I am finally convincing Tom Frieden not to oppose the therapeutic RCT for ZMapp that Cliff wants to expand from Liberia to Sierra Leone since there are very few cases of Ebola in Liberia and still several new cases each…

Went to NYC for the DDCF Board of Trustees Meeting. Good to see the Board. Have missed a couple of meetings due to the Ebola crisis. Big breakthrough in food allergy published in the NEJM. NIAID funded the study. Showed…

Still in an amazing cold wave in Washington, D.C. A few days ago it was 2 below at IAD. Went to Humphrey Building today at 8:00 AM to meet with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Hosted by Sylvia Burwell. Her…

Had another one of those great dinners hosted by Catherine and Wayne Reynolds at the Book Room of the Jefferson Hotel. Freezing weather. Great guests including Vernon Jordan and his wife Ann; David Petraeus and wife…

Testified before the House Labor – HHS Appropriations Subcommittee for the NIH budget. As usual for the past few years, it was only a 2 hour Hearing with Francis Collins testifying and me backing him up at the table…

Was supposed to go to Boston yesterday evening in order to speak at an Ebola Forum at Harvard today. However, a big snow storm was forecast for DC for today and I was afraid that I would get stuck in Boston. I wisely…

Met with Nina Russell and Emilio Emini from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation (BMGF), Emilio is taking over as the Director of Global Health for BMGF and he wanted to review our mutual commitments for the AIDS…

Went downtown today to be the BBC studio to do the final taping of the segment that they will be doing on HIV/AIDS were I am the moderator and narrator. In the afternoon, I attended the FDA/NIH Leadership Council…

Gave the after dinner talk at the Project Hope Board meeting at the Willard Hotel in Washington DC. I spoke on Ebola: The Perfect Storm. It was extremely well received and the evening was pleasant. Ran into former…

Was Visiting Professor at the John's Hopkins Hospital and Medical School. Gave two major talks: 1) a formal lecture on Ebola, and 2) a lecture to the students and fellows on my career as a scientist, clinician…

There was a considerable misunderstanding involving a situation in Sierra Leone. Cliff Lane is trying to expand the randomized controlled trial of ZMapp versus standard of care in countries in addition to Liberia with…

Came into work again today which is Sunday. The day has turned into a very bright sunny day with a brisk wind. Again, I went to the SCSU and Rick Davey and I went in together to take care of . Some lab parameters are…

Spent 2 hours in the SCSU “Hot Zone” with Bob Danner (ICU specialist) and Kwan (ID Fellow). went into renal shutdown likely due to Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN). We spent the time trying to balance the pushing of fluids…

Went to morning report at 8:00 AM. Bob Danner reviewed what happened after I left the Unit last night. Creatinine now up to 2.5. Patient clearly in renal shutdown. Larry Altman gave very nice James C. Hill Memorial…

All non-renal numbers going in the right direction. Still in acute renal failure; however, the rise in creatinine is perhaps a bit less “steep” – creatinine 5.9 and BUN 111. We may well have to start dialysis today…

Patient stable this AM. First day of Spring today and we have snow in DC. What a winter – Ugh! Went in again today to go over patient with Dan Chertow. In for about 65 minutes. Making morning (8:00 AM) and evening (6:30…

Good news. Creatinine stabilized for 3 determinations in a row at around 6 with BUN at around 115. We may get away without having to dialyze. Main problem now is meningoencephalitis. Avi Nath (NINDS- neurologist)…

Spent all of the day at NIH and hours in the SCSU in with patient and doing AM and PM rounds. Danny Jaswal was the ICU attending and Tuan was the ID person. Avi Nath did neuro exam and actually wwent into the room after…

I have some good news. His renal function continues to improve with a creatinine today of 3.6. He is in the polyuric phase of ATN with a urine output after stopping Lasix over the past 24 hours of >100 cc/hr. His LFTs…

Same political issues regarding the potential NIH RCT in Guinea. Kai Kupferschmidt from Nature wanting to do a story about “rivalry among scientists. Like the Peter Duesberg situation decades ago, they are “equating” us…

Good news at SCSU: We extubated uneventfully! Went in to see him and he is emotionally very grateful for what our team did for him. Paul Farmer came up from Haiti to visit as well as the other PIH personnel (contacts to…

I have been chosen by Fortune magazine as one of the world’s 50 greatest leaders. Also, I am on Time magazine list for voting “100 of the world’s most influential people” Patient doing well. Gave talk at the 7th…

Today was a very interesting day. The patient is wide-awake all of his chemistry numbers are normal. I spent a full hour in the room with him speaking with him about a variety of subjects. He clearly is in somewhat of a…

Unusually cold, clear day for Spring in Bethesda. Around 28 in the AM. Patient continues to do well. Still hypomanic and not getting any sleep. We are reluctant to medicate him too much due to concern about prolonged…

Sat up about 45 minutes with today (Sunday – sunny but very cold for end of March in DC – 23 degrees F). Continues to improve markedly. Moving all extremities well. Left arm issue resolving. Conjunctivitis improving…

getting much better with strength and neuro approaching normal. Still too weak to get out of bed, but can stand for 1 minute. Eating voraciously; maybe too much since he has been having Gatorade, pizza, ham sandwiches…

continues to improve with increased strength. Need to figure out way to get him back to Dallas where his parents live. He lives in Houston. Technically, since he is now PCR negative X2, he can fly commercial; however…

continues marked improvement. Sitting up in cardiac chair; off full PPE and now on contact isolation only. He walked with help from the hot zone room to the contact isolation room. even played an April Fool’s joke on…

Gave Q and A-type lecture on 7th floor of Humphrey Building hosted by Bill Schultz the General Counsel of HHS. Big crowd of all the OGC people from the department. I told the story (via questions from Bill) about my…

doing great. Dilemma is the persistently weakly + PCR of axillary sweat. Has resting tachycardia that might be subclinical cardiomyopathy. Has been seen in other recovered patients in the USA (Emory/Nebraska). Gregg…

CBS ran their Sunday AM special profile of me in a Q and A with Scott Simon (NPR). It turned out magnificently. I received scores and scores of e-mails of congratulations, many-fold more than even when I did 2 “Full…

Axillary sweat PCR now negative. We will take him out of isolation tomorrow and have upgraded his condition from “fair” to “good”. Plan to do MRI of heart (still has sinus tachycardia at rest) and brain and then…

now out of isolation due to negative blood and axillary sweat. semen specimen shows high level of PCR signal – 18 CT! Clearly the semen is a privileged site for the virus since his blood has been consistently negative…

Larry Kramer’s new book is out. See review from the NY Times below and see yellow highlight: Larry Kramer’s Novel ‘The American People’ Adds a Gay Dimension to History By ALEXANDRA ALTER APRIL 7, 2015 Photo Larry…

Jack Whitescarver and Wendy Wertheimer sent in to Francis Collins their letter of resignation from the OAR. Jack is 78 and wanted to stay until he reached 80. However, he and Francis have not been getting along since…

Went to Reception/dinner at Jamie Gorelick (former assistant attorney general in Clinton Adm) and Rich Waldron’s home in Chevy Chase in honor of Roger Glass winning the Sabin Medal for developing a rotavirus vaccine…

Washington Nationals getting off to a very bad start. Many errors and no hitting. Also, their excellent pitching staff is getting blasted. Went to Tyson’s Corner Ritz-Carlton at invitation of David Rubenstein (CEO of…

Testified at a House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing at 10:00 AM in Room 2358B of the Rayburn Building. Topic was Ebola response. I represented NIH. Also testifying was Nicki Lurie (ASPR), Tom Frieden and Robin…

Had meeting at HHS in Room 305A in Humphrey Building with the Presidents of Liberia (Ellen Johnson Sirleaf), Sierra Leone (Ernest Koroma) and Guinea (Alpha Conde) to discuss the status of the Ebola outbreak. Much good…

Was inducted in the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame (Historical Society of the District of Columbia). Category of Science and technology. Black tie affair at the Liason Hotel on New Jersey Avenue, N.W. DC Mayor Muriel…

Pat White who now works for “ACT for NIH” got Chris and I invited to an affair at the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center. It was an interview conducted on stage by Bob Shieffer (CBS Face the Nation) with Bill…

Conference call with MSF (Joanne Liu and Sophie Delaunay), Tom Frieden and Cliff Lane about”BioBank” and study of specimens that had been stored from Ebola patients. Interesting that MSF, who has never been interested…

Went with Chris to the Annual Garden Party at the Beall-Washington House at 2920 – R Street, N.W. that precedes the White House Correspondents’ Dinner tonight. Usual DC scene of TV stars and Hollywood stars such as…

Went to the Annual NAS Garden Party at NAS Headquarters on C Street and 22-23rd Street, N.W. Usual scene of seeing old friends. As always, great to see Max and Rosalie Cooper.

Wonderful evening at the home of Ambassador Esther Coopersmith (2230 S Street, N.W.) who gave “A List” party in honor of Barbra Streisand who is a strong advocate of the Women’s Heart Alliance, an organization calling…

testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee with Francis Collins, Gary Gibbons, Tom Insel, Jon Lorsch, and Doug Lowy. Committee now chaired by Roy Blount (R-MO). Hearing went well. Concomitantly with Hearing…

Went to Children’s Inn Gala at the Ritz-Carlton at Tyson’s Corner. Big shout out for me by the MC for my Ebola and other work.

Dedicated Building 4 today as the Lowell Weicker Building. I gave the main laudatio and Lowell loved it as did his wife Claudia, who I knew from the old days when she was his staffer. He divorced his wife to marry…

Went to Detroit to receive honorary doctorate of LAWS from Wayne State Univerity. President Roy Wilson whom I know from his years ta NIH and he was on the Search Committee that I co-chaired with Gary Gibbons for the…

Received degree today from WSU. On plane back, zsat behind an African American man and his wife/girlfriend. He looked around 60 years old and in great shape. I helped him open the upper luggage bin and our eyes met. He…

Chris has been in Zimbabwe and South Africa for the past 2 weeks giving lectures on Ethics. She wrote me a wonderful 30th Anniversary letter: Dear Tony.docx May 2015 Dear Tony: Happy 30th Anniversary! Thank you for a…

Liberia now declared Ebola free (no cases in 42 days – double the maximum incubation period of 21 days.

is back today and yesterday for his follow-up visit. I flew back from DDCF meeting early to catch him before he left hospital. He came to my office with Rick Davey to say hello. He looks great. Feels good except for…

I am very disturbed by the situation regarding the conflict of principles between scientists (ourselves) and certain health officials in Europe concerning the conduct of randomized controlled clinical trials in the…

Received honorary doctorate of Public Service from George Washington University in a beautiful ceremony on the National Mall right in front of the Washington Monument. Commencement Speaker was Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. At…

Received the Special Recognition Award for Science and Medicine at the Sons of Italy Foundation Gala at the National Building Museum. Phil Piccigallo gave a very nice and warm laudation of me with many old photos of me…

Gave an “Interview” talk with Joe Palca (NPR) at the Ripley Center of the Smithsonian. Good crowd, good questions.

Hosted 30 Staff members from the Senate Appropriations and Oversight committees at the Special Clinical Studies Unit (SCSU) at the Clinical Center where we took care of and I did for them the complete donning and…

Went to UN to participate in Panel at ECOSOC Council (Economic and Social Council), chaired by Paul Farmer to discuss sustainable health systems in light of the Ebola outbreak. Bill Clinton gave the Keynote and we shook…

Gave lecture at the Sulgrave Club on Dupont Circle. Upper Crust old women’s club. Quite charming and elegant Building between P and Massachusetts Ave, right on DuPont Circle. Spoke on Ebola. Adoring crowd. Met John…

Spoke with Doug brooks (ONAP) about setting up a meeting with him, me, Valeria Jarrett and Denis McDonough to discuss possibility of starting a PEPFAER for the USA to end the AIDS pandemic here.

Chris and I went to function in the Mansfield Room of the US capitol as gusts of Wayne and Catherine Reynolds in one of their usual wonderful social events. They were honoring Congresswoman Debbie Dingel, Sens. Roy…

Things heating up with MERS in South Korea. Now at 40 cases and 4 deaths – largest outbreak outside of the Arabian Penisula. Index case is a 68 year Korean man who travelled in the Arabian Penisula (KSA, Qatar, UAE…

Steve Holland admitted a patient (25 year old woman from India) with XDR TB today. NSC heard about it and as usual pushed the panic button and wanted us to provide a press statement and Qs and As. We did and this…

Did my BSC presentations or LIR Overview and Immunopathogenesis Section accomplishments. My primary reviewers were Arturo Casadevall and Larry Corey. Review went extremely well. Press interest now heating up for both…

= Did WTOP interview on MERS and XDR TB. Also, for XDR TB did MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell, NBC Nightly News, CBS Nightly News and Telemundo TV, Channel 8 News, ABC Nightly News Harold Varmus came back to Bethesda and…

Long interview with me on XDR TB patient by Denise Grady appeared today in the NY Times. Also, did FOX Channel 25 Local News this AM. Got report from BSC and was told that “Outstanding” was not a sufficient adjective to…

Did Bloomberg TV on MERS, which is still going on in South Korea. Now up to 133 cases and 14 deaths. We here at level of HHS are already having the usual conference calls of preparedness regarding development of…

had dinner over my house with Eric Goosby and Chris – the now traditional sausage and rigatoni dinners that I have had with Eric, Harold Varmus, and Gary Nabel over the years. Eric is in town for and IOM workshop. He…

I am in the midst of preparing my talk for the International AIDS Society to take place in Vancouver. As usual I am taking this very seriously and doing multiple drafts. Cliff Lane and I had a teleconference with…

I gave a talk at the HPTN/IMPAACT meeting at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel on Jefferson Davis Hwy. in Crystal City, Virginia. This was an important talk because I introduced to the investigators the difficulty that…

I gave a lecture at the CDC on the subject of " Ending the HIV AIDS pandemic: From scientific advances to public health implementation". The lecture was extremely well accepted by the CDC community. I had time to chat…

I viewed the preview of the soon to be shown on HBO documentary on Larry Kramer entitled “Larry Kramer: In Love and Anger”. It was played at the Naval Heritage Center on 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. The documentary is a…

I gave a lecture at Georgetown University O’Neill Institute at the Law School on New Jersey Avenue, NW Summer Program on Infectious Diseases and the Law. Again very well received by the group there. We are in the middle…

I had a very nice breakfast meeting at the American City Diner with Bill Schultz who is the general counsel for the Department of Health and Human Services. I met with Bill at the suggestion of Pulitzer Prize winning…

I participated with the NIH and CDC team here at NIH in Wilson Hall of Building 1 as well as in Room 151 in the meeting with the Vice Premier of China Jiu Yandong. The meeting was hosted by Sylvia Burwell (Sec., HHS). I…

I had two interesting encounters today by telephone with very interesting people on very interesting subjects: 1) Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and founder of Facebook was introduced to me a few weeks ago by e-mail by Susan…

I must have been convincing to Gov. Brown yesterday – he signed into law the California vaccine legislation (see above).

The California law has attracted some attention. I appeared on CNN with Jake Tapper to discuss it.

Today I appeared on the Diane Rehm Show where I did somewhat of a debate with Dr. Robert Sears, a pediatrician from California who was concerned about the law recently signed by Gov. Brown in California. On the show…

Met with team from Gilead Sciences who presented data on their new compound GS 5734 that has impressive preclinicakl activity against Ebola. They want our help in testing it in West Africa. It is an RNA Polymerase with…

history — HISTORICAL RECORD OF HIV/AIDS Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health This written record will start…