By Jennifer Shutt-July 29, 2026 Louisiana Illuminator

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the nation’s most visible public health officials during the coronavirus pandemic, declined to answer questions from a U.S. Senate committee in a tense and confrontational hearing, citing his Fifth Amendment rights. 

CARTI recently marked the first commercial clinical use of RenovoCath®, a patented, FDA-cleared device that enables local chemotherapy delivery near a tumor site rather than traditional systemic intravenous administration. The not-for-profit provider began leveraging RenovoCath® to treat a patient with sarcoma—a cancer that starts in the soft tissues or bones—in late June 2026 at CARTI Cancer Center Little Rock.