Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services
Coverage of Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Nexus archive.
- 2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authorities
Two scientists at a U.S. government lab were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the U.S. from Africa and lying to authorities during an airport stop in Detroit. They were intercepted at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after a trip to the Republic of Congo and failed to declare the biological materials or obtain required permission.
- 2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authorities
Two U.S. government lab scientists were charged with smuggling deactivated mpox virus vials into the U.S. from Africa and lying to authorities during an airport interview. They were stopped at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after a trip to the Republic of Congo, where an mpox outbreak caused over 2,000 deaths.