Scientists at NIH charged with attempting to smuggle highly contagious pathogens from Africa into US

Two top US government scientists have been charged with smuggling vials of mpox into the country - and then allegedly lying about it when questioned by officials. According to a criminal complaint from the US Attorney's Office, Vincent Munster, 53, and Claude Kwe, 38, researchers at the National Institutes of Health's Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana, arrived at McNamara Airport in Detroit on January 25 from the Republic of Congo, where an mpox outbreak was taking place. Border agents stopped them after noting they were carrying a large black plastic case. When asked, Munster is alleged - according to a...