WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top leading infectious diseases expert, underwent surgery Thursday morning to have a polyp removed from his vocal cord, according to reports.Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a White House coronavirus adviser, confirmed the news to CNN.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the network’s chief medical correspondent, tweeted that Fauci texted him after the procedure to let him "know he was doing ok.""Doctors have advised him to curtail his talking for a while to allow his vocal cords to recover," Gupta wrote.Dr.