'Brand-new disease, no treatment, no cure': how Anthony Fauci's fight against Aids prepared him to tackle Covid-19

As he turns 80, the medical expert's decades of work on HIV will stand as his lasting contribution, whatever happens with Covid

On the morning of 9 November, as the world awoke to the game-changing news that Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective, Anthony Fauci sat for a triumphant 9am press conference. But he was not there to discuss Covid-19.