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GOP senators release Fauci text messages from 2021 on COVID vaccine and pregnant women

Name: GOP senators release Fauci text messages from 2021 on COVID vaccine and pregnant women
Uploaded: 2026-08-11T16:37:00-0400
Duration: 5 min 31 s
Description: Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson have released 11 of more than 34,000 texts from Dr. Anthony Fauci's phone. The released messages focus on pregnant women and the COVID vaccine. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports and Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a UCSF infectious disease expert, has more.

Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson have released 11 of more than 34,000 texts from Dr. Anthony Fauci's phone. The released messages focus on pregnant women and the COVID vaccine. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports and Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a UCSF infectious disease expert, has more.