US investigators are struggling to determine the mysterious illness that struck two White House officials late last year. Photo / APUS investigators are struggling to determine the mysterious illness that struck two White House officials late last year. Photo / APUS investigators are struggling to determine the mysterious illness that struck two White House officials – including one who was passing through a gate on to the property – late last year. The second official was also struck near an entrance to White House grounds, two sources familiar with the matter told the network, and suffered more serious symptoms that caused them to seek medical treatment. A third suspected "attack" occurred in 2019 in Virginia, when a White House official was walking her dog – raising concerns that "the wave of episodes first seen only among Americans overseas is now occurring in rising numbers on US soil and maybe even at the President's front door".

Source: New Zealand Herald May 19, 2021 15:11 UTC