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WASHINGTON — 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.

Some of the symptoms are similar to those first reported by U.S. diplomats and spies in Havana in 2016 and 2017 for which no definitive cause has yet been determined, according to the officials, who said more than 20 new cases were being looked at by medical teams at the State Department and elsewhere, including the Pentagon and CIA.

“In coordinati­on with our partners across the U.S. government, we are vigorously investigat­ing reports of possible unexplaine­d health incidents among the U.S. Embassy Vienna community,” the State Department announced.

Some believe the unexplaine­d injuries, which include brain damage, are the result of attacks with microwave or radio wave weapons. However, despite years of study, there is no consensus as to what or who might be behind the incidents or whether they are, in fact, attacks.

The Vienna-based employees have reported suffering from mysterious symptoms since President Joe Biden was inaugurate­d, the officials said.

Vienna for centuries has been a center for espionage and diplomacy and was a hub for clandestin­e spy-versusspy activity during the Cold War. The city is currently the site of indirect talks between Iran and the United States over salvaging the nuclear deal that was negotiated there in 2015.

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