The Biden administration is investigating a recent rash of mysterious health incidents reported by American diplomats and other government employees in Vienna, U.S. officials said Friday. The Vienna cases were first reported on Friday by The New Yorker magazine. Austria also investigatingThe Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that the country is working with U.S. authorities to get to the bottom of the reported cases. "The safety of diplomats posted to Vienna and their families is of the utmost importance to us." First cases reported in 2016The problem has been labelled the "Havana Syndrome," because the first cases affected personnel in 2016 at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba.

Source: CBC News July 17, 2021 15:15 UTC