Leighton Chan, Mark Hallett, Chris K Zalewski, Carmen C Brewer, Cris Zampieri, Michael Hoa, Sara M Lippa, Edmond Fitzgibbon, Louis M French, Anita D Moses, André J van der Merwe, Carlo Pierpaoli, L Christine Turtzo, Simge Yonter, Pashtun Shahim, Brian Moore, Lauren Stamps, Spencer Flynn, Julia Fontana, Swathi Tata, Jessica Lo, Mirella A Fernandez, Annie-Lori Joseph, Jesse Matsubara, Julie Goldberg, Thuy-Tien D Nguyen, Noa Sasson, Justine Lely, Bryan Smith, Kelly A King, Jennifer Chisholm, Julie Christensen, M Teresa Magone, Chantal Cousineau-Krieger, Rakibul Hafiz, Amritha Nayak, Okan Irfanoglu, Sanaz Attaripour, Chen Lai, Wendy B Smith
IMPORTANCE: Since 2015, US government and related personnel have reported dizziness, pain, visual problems, and cognitive dysfunction after experiencing intrusive sounds and head pressure. The US government has labeled these anomalous health incidents (AHIs). OBJECTIVE: To assess whether participants with AHIs differ significantly from US government control participants with respect to clinical, research, and biomarker assessments. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Exploratory study conducted between June 2018 and July 2022 at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, involving 86 US government staff and family members with AHIs from Cuba, Austria, China, and other locations as well as 30 US government control participants...
March 18, 2024: JAMA