2 researchers charged with smuggling mpox into the US 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.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/02/nih-mpox-munster-indictment-montana-00947793?utm_campaign=KHN:+First+Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8_yHNTiMzBaVtBM5JDb-5cpbs2ESAbz9-uTBba5R_rhdMqHtKjrjlvki7NfYhLhkU-pzVsQNlWAP3oNi_tmffixouxgQ&_hsmi=421966421&utm_content=421966421&utm_source=hs_email By Carmen Paun 06/02/2026 10:10 PM EDT