Dr. Anthony Fauci has won a $1 million award from a private Israeli foundation for “courageously defending science” during the coronavirus pandemic.
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Dr. Anthony Fauci has won the $1 million Dan David Prize for “defending science” and advocating for vaccines now being administered worldwide to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
In its statement, the private foundation did not mention former President Donald Trump, who undermined Fauci's follow-the-science approach to the pandemic.
But it credited Fauci with "courageously defending science in the face of uninformed opposition during the challenging COVID crisis.”.
Fauci, 80, has served seven presidents and has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984.
The Dan David Prize, established in 2000, gives $1 million awards in three categories each year for contributions addressing the past, present and future.
Fauci won the prize for achievement in the “present,” in the field of public health, the foundation said. »