By Stephen T. Watson
News Staff Reporter
Before 2020, Dr. Thomas Russo guesses he gave 25 interviews over the years to news reporters.
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Read the full story from News Staff Reporter Lou Michel
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Dr. Thomas Russo, professor and chief of infectious diseases iat UB, talked with The Buffalo News about the dangers of the novel coronavirus and the mysteries that cloud saving the sickest of its
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"I think most infectious disease doctors knew way in the beginning that we were in trouble," said Dr. Thomas Russo.
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Dignitaries cut the ribbon for the new UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. From left are Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Delaware North Chairman Jeremy Jacobs, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, UB President Satish Tripathi, med school Dean Michael Caine and 2nd year student Laura Reed.
- By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences grand opening
The grand opening ceremony for the new UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
A conference room with a glass wall overlooking the atrium at the new UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
- By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
Dignitaries cut the ribbon for the new UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. From left are Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Delaware North Chairman Jeremy Jacobs, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, UB President Satish Tripathi, med school Dean Michael Caine and 2nd year student Laura Reed.
- By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
The light tower at the entrance to the new UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
- By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
Visitors fill the atrium during the grand opening reception at the new UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
- By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
The atrium of the new UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
- By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
Windows overlook the atrium of the new UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
- By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
The atrium of the new UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
- By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
