Dr. Anthony Fauci received his first dose of the Moderna vaccine for the coronavirus this morning at the National Institutes of Health, where he works. Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said he got the shot "as a symbol to rest of the country that I feel extreme confidence in the safety and the efficacy this vaccine." https://politi.co/3rnUuJi | POLITICO

166K views · 1.6K reactions | Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, and Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services, received the first dose of Moderna’s newly-authorized COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday morning at a National Institutes of Health (NIH) event. https://fxn.ws/37EnpBe | Fox News | Facebook

134K views · 2.3K reactions | 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 | Facebook

7.6K views · 78 reactions | Dr. Fauci shares what we know now about the omicron variant during WH COVID-19 response team briefing. "The thing that got everyone's attention was the large number of mutations...much larger than previous variants." https://abcn.ws/3xymeys | ABC News Live | Facebook

38K views · 649 reactions | Dr. Fauci on the potential peak in Covid-19 cases from holiday gatherings and travel: "Without substantial mitigation, the middle of January can be a really dark time for us." | NBC News | Facebook

51K views · 1.6K reactions | Dr. Anthony Fauci turned 80 years old on Christmas Eve. From first responders to President-elect Joe Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden, the nation's top infectious disease expert received well wishes for his milestone birthday. https://cnn.it/3pqVLhc | CNN International | Facebook