Researcher Charged With Smuggling Stolen Ebola Virus
Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 17:07
in Mathematics & Economics
On May 5th, Konan Michel Yao was arrested for smuggling vials from a Canadian ebola research center into the United States. However, Mr. Yao wasn't a terrorist attempting to commit a biological weapon attack. Instead, Mr. Yao was a government scientist, en route to his new job studying biodefense at the National Institutes of Health. Additionally, he didn't even have any ebola in his possession. read more
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