A senior NIH scientist and his research fellow were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa and lying about it.

Two scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to…

Two scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to…

Two scientists at a U.S. government lab were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa and lying about it during interviews with…

A senior NIH scientist and his research fellow were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa and lying about it.

Employed at a National Institutes of Health lab in Montana, the two allegedly brought deactivated virus from the Republic of the Congo without a permit.

Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe are expected to appear in federal court in Missoula, Montana, on Wednesday

De Nederlander werd in januari met een collega-onderzoeker tegengehouden op de luchthaven na een verblijf van negen dagen in de Republiek Congo.

Een Nederlandse viroloog is in de Verenigde Staten aangeklaagd voor het binnensmokkelen van flesjes met gedeactiveerd mpoxvirus en leugens daarover tijdens verhoren door…

Both are virologists who have worked extensively on mpox research

Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe, National Institute of Health (NIH) researchers from the Netherlands and Cambodia, have been accused of trying to smuggle Mpox into the US

Two NIH scientists face charges for allegedly smuggling vials of deactivated mpox on a commercial flight from Africa.

One of the scientists told FBI investigators that necessary documents were in his laptop, “but you don't need them. I do this all the time."

Defendants plead not guilty but could face up to 5 years prison for alleged “smuggling” and “conspiracy”

The charges stem from a trip to Africa that ultimately ended in Detroit, with a questionable black bag.

Researchers with NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana reentered the country with inactivated mpox. But was that a crime?