David Morens, a former adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal documents related to NIH grants and COVID-19 research. The case involves records requests that began in April 2020 and a canceled NIH grant that included a sub-award to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Morens, age 78, faces sentencing on November 12 and a maximum of five years in prison.