At Least 16 U.S. Embassy Staff In Cuba Treated After 'Health Attacks'

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At Least 16 U.S. Embassy Staff In Cuba Treated After 'Health Attacks' : The Two-Way Investigators are probing why staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana have experienced symptoms including hearing loss.

At least 16 U.S. government employees in Cuba have been treated after experiencing symptoms including hearing loss.

Employees at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba started experiencing odd medical symptoms starting in late 2016, which Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has characterized as "Health attacks."

"We can confirm that at least 16 U.S. government employees, members of our embassy community, have experienced some kind of symptoms," State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said Thursday.

"Some time in the fall, several of began to suffer symptoms that included loss of hearing, headaches - I've also heard nausea," The Associated Press' Michael Weissenstein told NPR. At least one Canadian diplomat reportedly experienced similar symptoms.

A sound device or devices that caused the symptoms was likely placed near or in the embassy staff's homes, he says.

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