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New priorities in U.S. health and science policy: Autonomy and accountability

By Dr. Scott W. Atlas

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington. On Friday, June 4, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting the U.S. military has arrested Birx for conspiring to push face masks on Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Birx, former coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, has not been arrested. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Deborah Birx makes astonishing admission of anti-Trump pact

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Birx was brought into President Donald Trump’s orbit to help fight the coronavirus, she had a sterling reputation as a globally recognized AIDS researcher and a rare Obama administration holdover. Less than 10 months later, her reputation is frayed and her future in President-elect Joe Biden's administration uncertain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Dr. Deborah Birx, COVID adviser under Trump, has a book deal

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Washington, as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump torches Anthony Fauci, Deborah Birx over coronavirus response

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Dr. Deborah Birx on Donald Trump’s ‘disinfectant’ moment: ‘I still think about it every day’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Birx was brought into President Donald Trump’s orbit to help fight the coronavirus, she had a sterling reputation as a globally recognized AIDS researcher and a rare Obama administration holdover. Less than 10 months later, her reputation is frayed and her future in President-elect Joe Biden's administration uncertain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

WH virus coordinator Deborah Birx says she will retire

By AAMER MADHANI and BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Birx was brought into President Donald Trump’s orbit to help fight the coronavirus, she had a sterling reputation as a globally recognized AIDS researcher and a rare Obama administration holdover. Less than 10 months later, her reputation is frayed and her future in President-elect Joe Biden's administration uncertain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Birx travels, family visits highlight pandemic safety perils

By AAMER MADHANI and BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Deborah Birx traveled, visit family during Thanksgiving despite virus warning

By Aamer Madhani and Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Birx was brought into President Donald Trump’s orbit to help fight the coronavirus, she had a sterling reputation as a globally recognized AIDS researcher and a rare Obama administration holdover. Less than 10 months later, her reputation is frayed and her future in President-elect Joe Biden's administration uncertain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump virus coordinator Birx seeks role in Biden government

By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx holds her face mask as she speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Education building Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dr. Deborah Birx: Vaccine ‘not going to save us from this current surge’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Andy Biggs, GOP congressman, slams coronavirus advisers Fauci and Birx, says work ‘must be reversed’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Birx warns students large gatherings will have consequences

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

Dr. Deborah Birx, right, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, speaks at a press conference along LSU interim President Tom Galligan, left, after one of several roundtable discussions with LSU officials and others, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 in the LSU Foundation Training Room in Baton Rouge, La. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)

White House virus adviser backs Louisiana’s restrictions

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Dr. Deborah Birx, a high-ranking member of President Trump's coronavirus response team, exits Sid McDonald Hall to conduct a press conference at the University of Alabama Friday Sept. 11, 2020, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)

Birx praises Alabama virus response, tells men to wear masks

Associated Press

Birx talks up masks; praises UW system’s coronavirus plan

Associated Press

Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House's coronavirus task force, meets with local media Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., to talk about ways to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the area. (Chris Ochsner/The Kansas City Star via AP)

In Oklahoma visit, Birx continues to push for wearing masks

Associated Press

In this Aug. 12, 2020, file photo Scott Atlas, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, speaks at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) *FILE**

Trump makes call for new White House doctor’s virus advice

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Trump’s top coronavirus adviser: Wear masks, social distance

Associated Press

In this July 29, 2020, file photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. This election year's battle for control of the House is once again hinging heavily on a fight over suburban voters. Democrats boast an ever-expanding target list that includes a half-dozen Republican seats in Texas plus others outside Atlanta, Cincinnati, Los Angeles and Phoenix. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pelosi: ‘I don’t have confidence’ in White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Birx

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Volunteers with the Blue Sky Rescue team prepare to disinfect a cineplex before it reopens for business in Beijing Friday, July 24, 2020. Theaters in China, the world's second largest movie market, this week reopened from the coronavirus shut down with theaters limited to 30% capacity. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

The Latest: S Korea has 100+ cases for 1st time in 4 months

By The Associated Press - Associated Press