Anthony Fauci admits in diary to COVID talks with indicted adviser he once disavowed

WASHINGTON — Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted in newly released diary entries to having several private discussions with a since-indicted adviser whom he disavowed before Congress in June 2024. For years, Fauci faced intense political and scientific backlash over US funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology — but denied that such experiments for so-called “gain of function” research, which can increase the transmissibility or infectiousness of viruses, ever occurred.The then-NIAID chief also testified that he had no knowledge of his longtime senior adviser David Morens — who was indicted in...