Lawmakers introduce bill to offer disability benefits to sufferers of Havana Syndrome

Democrats in the House introduced a bill Wednesday that would provide disability benefits to victims of Havana Syndrome, a strange set of medical symptoms that date back to late 2016.

  It technically mends a perceived gap in the Federal Employees Compensation Act, which aids federal employees who suffer "the loss or loss of use of a part of the body," yet that does not currently include bodily parts such as the brain and the heart. This issue has long been a bone of contention among government employees serving abroad. U.S. and Canadian embassy officials were struck with Havana Syndrome, a disease with symptoms such as hearing strange grating noises, hearing loss, memory loss and nausea, in Cuba. In 2017 President Trump accused Cuba of perpetrating unusual attacks that resulted in the illnesses. He expelled two Cuban diplomats in response. Cuba has denied involvement.