{"id":308794,"date":"2024-09-02T19:15:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncuba.news\/en\/?p=308794"},"modified":"2024-09-02T19:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:15:34","slug":"u-s-coercion-of-patients-closes-investigation-into-havana-syndrome-in-health-institutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/u-s-coercion-of-patients-closes-investigation-into-havana-syndrome-in-health-institutes\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.: Coercion of patients closes investigation into \u201cHavana Syndrome\u201d in health institutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In what they describe as \u201can abundance of caution,\u201d the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) archived the investigations into the so-called \u201c<\/span>Havana syndrome<\/b><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The alleged disease reported in 2016, in the Cuban capital, and then extended to numerous cities around the world, has been supported by a series of U.S. spies, soldiers, and diplomats.<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, after several multidisciplinary medical investigations, in which Cuban experts did not participate, nor did they have access to the clinical records, the cases continue without a firm diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement, the NIH announced it was ending the work \u201cout of an abundance of caution\u201d after an internal investigation found that people had been coerced into participating in the research, CNN <\/span>reported<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The NIH did not offer any clues as to who may have been coerced into participating but noted that voluntary consent is a cornerstone of ethical research conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the people who reported being ill said the CIA forced them to participate in the research as a prerequisite for receiving medical care.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey wanted us to be a lab rat for a week before we received treatment at Walter Reed, and at the very least, that is unethical and unmoral,\u201d Marc Polymeropoulos told CNN in May.<\/span><\/p>\n

Polymeropoulos, a former CIA official who says he has been ill, is an advocate for those affected by what the U.S. government calls \u201canomalous health incidents.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In May, he said he believed his participation in the research was \u201cordered\u201d by senior CIA officials, but the espionage agency had already denied this in a statement in March.<\/span><\/p>\n