The investigation into the mysterious medical problem facing State Dept. employees continues




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Summary: The State Department has spent years trying to unravel a medical mystery. Since 2016, dozens of diplomats overseas have reported sudden bouts of dizziness, cognitive problems and hearing loss, brought about with no underlying conditions. The department stood up a Health Incident Response Task Force to lead an interagency investigation, but the specific source of the maladies remains unknown. For more on where the task force goes from here, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the task force’s senior advisor, Ambassador Pamela Spratlen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices