Two scientists employed at a federal biosafety laboratory in Hamilton, Montana, have been charged with smuggling monkeypox virus samples into the United States and making false statements to federal officers following their return from central Africa in January. The Charges Vincent Munster, who leads the Virus Ecology unit at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, and Claude Kwe, a research fellow at the same facility, each face one count of smuggling biological materials and one count of lying to federal officials. Munster holds Dutch citizenship, while Kwe is a citizen of Cameroon. If convicted on all counts, each man could face up to five years in federal prison. The pair made their first court appearance on June 3 before U.S. District Judge…