Secretary of State Blinken appoints two diplomats to lead "Havana Syndrome" response

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Friday the appointment of two senior officials to oversee the State Department's response to incidents of "Havana Syndrome" among its employees. Their appointment comes as American diplomats and intelligence officers around the world continue to report symptoms of the mysterious neurological affliction.  

Career foreign service officer Jonathan Moore, who served in posts in Bosnia and Namibia, will lead the Department's internal Health Incident Response Task Force. Ambassador Margaret Uyehara, who has spent more than three decades in the Foreign Service, will serve as senior care coordinator. 

Blinken also said the State Department was using "new technology" to more "quickly and thoroughly evaluate a variety of potential causes of these incidents." He did not elaborate on where it had been deployed.