In early September 2021, a CIA agent was evacuated from Serbia in the latest case of what the world now knows as “Havana syndrome.” Like most people, I first heard about Havana syndrome in the summer ...

Back in 2016, American and Canadian embassy staff working from the Cuban capital reported that they were feeling ill. The symptoms — dizziness, fatigue, tinnitus, headaches, and various forms of ...

In April 2021, Anita was lying on a stained bed in the women’s room of the psychiatric ward in Herat Regional Hospital, a government-run facility in western Afghanistan. Stiff and covered in sweat, ...

This post was co-authored by Kate MacKrill of University of Auckland "If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences." —William I. Thomas Opinion surveys show that many people ...

Via Kite & Key-- Can you contract an illness through social media? New research suggests it’s happening … kinda. Throughout history, people suffering from severe isolation or stress have fallen prey ...

In June of 1374, people across Europe broke out into spontaneous dance. What some scholars believe was actually a medical condition, most believe was a mass psychogenic illness -- an illness of the ...

What do teen girls with Tourette syndrome–like tics in upstate New York, U.S. military and intelligence officials with an array of mysterious complaints, some victims of mass poisonings in girls ...