At least 16 Americans associated with the U.S. Embassy in Cuba suffered damage such as hearing loss while serving in Havana, the State Department said on Thursday.
The figure is the first accounting of the scope of what the U.S. government suspects was a deliberate targeting of American diplomats. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has confirmed that Americans serving in Havana began having symptoms that were at first unexplained but were later found to be related.
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