Havana syndrome
Havana syndrome is a medical episode of signs and symptoms reported by United States and Canadian embassy staff in Cuba which began in November 2016. It has happened in other countries such as in the United States, Austria,[1][2] and Germany.[3]
Overview
The phenomenon that began in Havana has been reported by officials and their families stationed in Russia, Poland, Austria, Georgia, Taiwan, Colombia, China, Kyrgyzstan, the United Kingdom (UK), India and Uzbekistan.
Events
In 2017, President Donald Trump blamed Cuba of causing unknown attacks which led to these symptoms. The U.S. lowered the number of staff at their embassy. In 2018, U.S. diplomats in China said they felt sick the same way diplomats in Cuba felt.
Investigations
The US intel services have not yet reached a consensus on a cause of the Havana syndrome, though unnamed sources have expressed suspicions to the press that Russian military intelligence is responsible.
Patients
Those with Havana syndrome were hospitalized, with some having brain injuries.[4]
Reception
While the exact cause of this is unknown, many scientists believe that it is caused by a microwave weapons.[5][6]
Havana Syndrome Media
- Consulate General of the United States in Guangzhou.jpg
Consulate General of the United States in Guangzhou
- US-Botschaft Wien.JPG
- Keck Center of the National Academies.JPG
The Keck Center of the National Academies located at 500 5th Street, N.W., in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of
- NIH Clinical Research Center aerial.jpg
Aerial photograph from the north of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center (Building 10) on the National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland campus
References
- ↑ Entous, Adam; Anderson, Jon Lee (November 19, 2018). "The Mystery of the Havana Syndrome: Unexplained brain injuries afflicted dozens of American diplomats and spies. What happened?". The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/19/the-mystery-of-the-havana-syndrome. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ↑ Payne, Elizabeth (November 30, 2018). "Ottawa doctor treating Canadian diplomats with mysterious 'Havana syndrome'". Ottawa Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawa-doctor-treating-canadian-diplomats-with-mysterious-havana-syndrome. Retrieved December 3, 2018. "It is being called Havana syndrome and officials in Canada and the United States, where more than 20 diplomats have been affected, are trying to identify the cause of the injuries.".
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Officials in Germany Hit by Havana Syndrome
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Broad, William J. (September 1, 2018). "Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers" (in en). New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba-microwave.html. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
