Dr. Anthony Fauci, nation’s top infectious disease expert at center of COVID response, says he will step down by year end!

“I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career,” Fauci said. Washington – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert who has become a household name – and the subject of partisan attacks – during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday that he will leave the federal government in December after more than five decades of service. Fauci, who serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor, was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and…

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Foxconn suspends iPhone Shenzhen site due to Covid shutdown

Foxconn has discontinued the supplier to Apple Inc. Its operations are at its Shenzhen locations, one of which produces iPhones, in response to a government-imposed shutdown of the tech hub. The Taiwanese company, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. Headquartered in China in the region and a major manufacturing site in Guanlan. The company said in a statement that it had halted operations at the two university campuses and reallocated production to other locations to reduce the impact of the disruption. Foxconn did not specify the length…

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