Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. As US Hits Record Number of Cases, Fauci Says More Testing Can Help VOA News The top U.S. infectious-disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says that more testing could help bring the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the United States under control. The country has set daily infection records every day over the past several days, with about 160,000 new infections reported nationwide Thursday. Speaking on the CBS This Morning news program, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that cooler weather in the United States has brought people inside where the virus spreads more easily. .