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Allegations of smuggling monkeypox samples into America have sparked a wave of questions within scientific and health circles, after two American scientists were accused of attempting to bring samples of the virus into the United States without disclosing them to the relevant authorities, in a case that has reignited the debate over procedures for transporting sensitive biological materials across borders...
Government scientists caught smuggling monkeypox samples and lying to feds
Scientists Accused of Smuggling Mpox Samples, Lying to Feds Two government scientists are facing federal charges after authorities say they tried to bring biological samples of the mpox virus into the United States without proper approval and then lied about it when questioned. The case centers on Vincent Munster, who serves as the chief of the virus ecology section at Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana, and fellow researcher Claude Kwe. Acc…
Read the US government's case against two Rocky Mountain Labs scientists
Two scientists from the Hamilton lab made their first appearance in Federal Court on charges of alleged virus "smuggling" and lying to investigators. Read the case against them yourself.
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