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Fauci publishes memoir 'On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service'

Viking (Penguin Random House) published Fauci's 480-page memoir 'On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service' on June 18, 2024. The book covers his career from the HIV/AIDS era — including his clashes and eventual rapprochement with ACT UP activists — through PEPFAR and the COVID-19 pandemic, in which he acknowledges mistakes made under incomplete and evolving information while defending the vaccine effort. (Published June 18, 2024; major reviews in The Lancet and CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases followed in Oct./Nov. 2024.)

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Fauci
“I hope that this memoir will serve as a personalized document for the reader to understand better the daunting challenges that we have faced in public health over the past 40 years.”

Statement released by Viking (via AP)

Linked sources

Fauci Will Reflect on Long Government Career in Upcoming Book (AP via MedPage Today)
Tier 3 · news · Feb. 8, 2024 announcement with the June 18, 2024 publication date
On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service (book review), Emerging Infectious Diseases 30(12)
Tier 2 · other · CDC journal review (Nov. 21, 2024) confirming publisher, ISBN, and contents

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