{"id":14388,"date":"2018-06-07T14:33:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T14:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/07\/more-americans-screened-over-mystery-health-issues-in-china\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:38:32","slug":"more-americans-screened-over-mystery-health-issues-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/06\/07\/more-americans-screened-over-mystery-health-issues-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"More US government workers screened over mystery health issues in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GUANGZHOU, China \u2014 A U.S. medical team was screening more Americans who work in a southern Chinese city as the State Department confirmed evacuating a number of government workers who experienced unexplained health issues like those that have hurt U.S. personnel in Cuba and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evacuations of the workers in Guangzhou followed medical testing that revealed they might have been affected. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said \u201ca number of individuals\u201d have been brought to the U.S. but didn\u2019t say how many were affected or evacuated. One case in Guangzhou had been disclosed last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said tests are being offered to \u201cany personnel who have noted concerning symptoms or wanted baseline screening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/05\/23\/why-the-us-is-concerned-about-strange-sounds-in-china\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18143328084076.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why the US is concerned about strange sounds in China<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A U.S. government employee in southern China reported abnormal sensations of sound and pressure, the State Department said Wednesday, recalling similar experiences among American diplomats in Cuba who later fell ill.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incidents have raised fears the unexplained issues that started in Cuba in 2016 have expanded. The U.S. government has deemed those incidents \u201cspecific attacks\u201d on American workers but hasn\u2019t publicly identified a cause or culprit. Most of the incidents were accompanied by bizarre, unexplained sounds that initially led U.S. investigators to suspect a sonic attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/03\/02\/us-makes-cuba-staffing-cuts-permanent-after-health-attacks\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17259494632017.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US makes Cuba embassy cuts permanent after \u2018health attacks\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The State Department said it was setting a new, permanent staffing plan that maintains the lower level of roughly two-dozen people \u2014 \u201cthe minimum personnel necessary to perform core diplomatic and consular functions.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Symptoms have included dizziness, headaches and an inability to concentrate. The American government worker who was removed from China earlier reported \u201csubtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Security guards outside the Guangzhou consulate checked reporter\u2019s IDs on Thursday and told them to leave the area and not attempt to talk to consulate staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about the latest incidents, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the U.S. had not formally raised the matter with Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the U.S. makes formal contact with us, China will continue necessary investigations in an earnest and responsible manner and maintain close communication and cooperation with the U.S.,\u201d Hua said at a regularly scheduled news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China had earlier said it had looked into the first case but came up with no clues about the cause of the symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Times identified the latest American employee evacuated as Mark A. Lenzi, a security engineering officer who left Wednesday night with his wife and two children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lenzi told the Times he resided in the same apartment tower as the officer evacuated in April and suffered in recent months from what he called \u201cneurological symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lenzi\u2019s apartment was in one of several high-rise buildings in The Canton Place featuring restaurants and galleries spaced around a central plaza. Another diplomat who reported symptoms was at a different upscale building near the consulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People working in Canton Place, a few kilometers (miles) from the consulate said they were just hearing about the incidents, reflecting a lack of coverage in China\u2019s entirely state-controlled media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aled Williams, a British teacher at a kindergarten said the reports sounded \u201csci-fi-ish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHard to get my head around how it works,\u201d he said. \u201cBetter watch myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linda Chen, who runs a coffee shop in the area said she was mystified as to why only certain people seemed to have been affected in an area known for its comfort and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor me I feel it\u2019s very strange. But I don\u2019t feel that there\u2019s something to be very afraid of because it\u2019s probably a very special case,\u201d Chen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. official, who wasn\u2019t authorized to discuss the situation publicly and requested anonymity, said the evacuated Americans are being brought for testing to the University of Pennsylvania. That\u2019s where doctors have been treating and studying patients evacuated from the U.S. Embassy in Havana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The preliminary findings of the medical reports on the 24 personnel affected there showed they had sensory and memory problems similar to the brain dysfunction seen with concussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Penn team said the patients experienced persistent disability though rehabilitation therapy customized for them seemed to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada in April also ordered families of diplomatic staff in Cuba to return home after mysterious health symptoms were detected in 10 Canadians stationed on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada said the 10 continued to show unexplained brain symptoms and that \u201cmedical information raised concerns for a new type of a possible acquired brain injury.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said China had \u201csaid all the right things and have demonstrated their willingness to help us identify the vector which led to this medical incident.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The China incidents affect one of the most important of the seven U.S. diplomatic outposts in the country. The Guangzhou consulate opened months after the establishment of diplomatic relations between Beijing and Washington in 1979 and moved to its new purpose-built facility in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It serves four southern provinces with a combined population of more than 204 million and processes more than 1 million visa applications of all types annually. It is also the only U.S. diplomatic installation in China authorized to process immigrant visas and handle adoptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Josh Lederman in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. medical team was screening more Americans who work in a southern Chinese city as the State Department confirmed evacuating a number of government workers who experienced unexplained health issues like those that have hurt U.S. personnel in Cuba and 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