Contents

Dedication

Preface

Part One: From Bensonhurst to Washington

Brooklyn Boy

Becoming Dr. Fauci

Heading South

Part Two: The AIDS Era

Game Changer

Up Close and Painful

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Taking the Reins

Two Brooklyn Boys

Building an AIDS Research Program

AIDS Strikes Close to Home

A Global Catastrophe

AIDS Activism

A President, a Gentleman, and a Friend

La Famiglia

The Changing of the Guard

The Search for an HIV Vaccine

The Lazarus Effect

HIV Denialism

An Unequal World

Part Three: The Wars on Terror and Disease

Widening the Battle

The Day the World Changed

Anthrax

Going Global with AIDS Relief

Smallpox and Stockpiles

Project BioShield

You Have to Love Yogi

A Reluctant Congress

Iraq

Influenza Meets the Supply Chain

Legacies

Part Four: Expecting the Unexpected

Enter Obama

Moving Toward an HIV-Free World

Epidemics of Disease and Fear

Patient X

Zika and Other Surprises

Passing the Baton

Part Five: COVID

A Disease Like None Other

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Illegitimi Non Carborundum

Epilogue

Photographs

Acknowledgments

About the Author