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Laura Kelly

lkelly@washingtontimes.com

Laura Kelly is a general assignment and health reporter for The Washington Times. Before moving to DC, Laura was the editor of The Jerusalem Post Magazine, reporting from Israel and the Middle East from 2012 to 2016. She is a graduate of Fordham University in the Bronx, NY. Email Laura at LKelly@washingtontimes.com.

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In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013, an embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London. Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has become a sophisticated process with pricey incubators, specialized techniques and extensive screening. Now, scientists are going back to basics and testing a simpler and cheaper method intended mainly for use in developing countries. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) ** FILE **

More than 71,000 babies born in 2016 from IVF

Babies born using assisted reproductive technology increased in 2016, with 71,296 births counted from the efforts of 377 clinics in the U.S., according to preliminary data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.

April 24, 2018
Artificial sweeteners are displayed, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in New York. Artificial sweeteners may set the stage for diabetes in some people by hampering the way their bodies handle sugar, according to results of a study released Wednesday by the journal Nature. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Artificial sweeteners linked to obesity, diabetes: Study

Evidence is building that zero-calorie sweeteners are more harmful than helpful when it comes to America's obesity and diabetes epidemic, with new research supporting a direct link between sugar substitutes and negative health effects.

April 23, 2018
A young marijuana plant is held by Joy Hollingsworth, of the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company, Thursday, April 12, 2018, in one of the company's pot growing facilities near Shelton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) **FILE**

Marijuana use guidelines in question without prior measurements

How much pot is too much pot? That's a key question state law enforcement and health officials are trying to answer as they create guidelines on how to use marijuana and as the public increasingly embraces pot for medical and recreational purposes.

April 19, 2018
Prescription stimulants in the survey were defined as those often prescribed for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or obesity, including amphetamines like Adderall and methylphenidate, or Ritalin.  (AP/File Photo Robert Bukaty)

16 million U.S. adults on prescription stimulants: Study

An estimated 5 million Americans are illegally using prescription stimulants, with the majority seeking to boost their concentration and mental stamina over extended periods of time, according to new research shedding light on amphetamine use among adults.

April 16, 2018
Federal agents on April 12, 2018, announced a $20 million reward for information that leads to the capture of a Mexican drug lord accused of directing the kidnap and murder of a DEA agent in 1985. (Laura Kelly/The Washington Times)

Rafael Caro-Quintero, Mexican cartel leader, added to FBI Ten Most Wanted list

The man who is believed to have ordered the kidnapping and murder of a federal drug enforcement agent in the 1980s has been added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, coordinating efforts by multiple federal agencies and with a reward of up to $20 million for information leading to the arrest or prosecution of the criminal.

April 12, 2018
A man uses a mobile phone to photograph flowers placed on the names of concentration camps during the annual ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Many Americans, millennials ignorant of the Holocaust, survey finds

Americans today have large gaps of knowledge or are ignorant to the history and consequences of the Holocaust, over 70 years since Nazi Germany's atrocities became known to the world, according to a survey commissioned by a Jewish organization which works to compensate survivors.

April 12, 2018
"Days of Remembrance" this week coincide with the anniversary of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising, beginning at sundown Wednesday. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Holocaust Memorial Museum marks 25th anniversary

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is marking its 25th anniversary with a renewed pledge for education, remembrance and the prevention of genocide by honoring Holocaust survivors and speaking out against modern atrocities against civilians around the world.

April 10, 2018
Handcuffs used on men arrested for prostitution solicitation sit on a table at a hotel in Minot, N.D., on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Sex trafficking has become a big problem in North Dakota amid an oil boom that has brought in money and oil workers. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine) ** FILE **

2 men get 1 year in prison for attack on protesters

A D.C. court on Thursday sentenced two Turkish-American men to a year and a day in prison for their roles in an attack on protesters in May that strained U.S.-Turkey relations amid local outcries for justice.

April 5, 2018