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Laura Kelly

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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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While a cholera outbreak rages in Yemen, half the country's health care facilities are out of service — including many that were bombed by the coalition. (Associated Press/File)

Yemen’s cholera outbreak world’s worst, adds to war misery

The world's worst outbreak of cholera is gripping Yemen after nearly three years of a civil war pitting Iran-backed Shiite Muslim rebels against a struggling central government propped up by the United States, Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Arab powers in the Persian Gulf.

August 27, 2017
Children with cerebral palsy practice walk with a robotic exoskeleton at the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. (National Institutes of Health)

NIH develops robot exoskeleton for cerebral palsy patients

Researchers and engineers at the National Institutes of Health have developed the first robotic exoskeleton for children with cerebral palsy, in a major step forward for improving the quality of life for those who suffer from the debilitating condition.

August 25, 2017
FILE- In this Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 file photograph, a small bottle of the opiate overdose treatment drug, naloxone, also known by its brand name Narcan, is displayed at the South Jersey AIDS Alliance in Atlantic City, N.J. Naloxone works by blocking the brain receptors that opiates latch onto and helping the body "remember" to take in air. the treatment drug works most of the time, but national statistics aren’t kept on what happens to people who are revived. Some overdose again soon afterward. Some get treatment and get clean, but limited insurance, high costs and a shortage of spots at treatment centers can be hurdles. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)

Naloxone integral to combating opioid epidemic: AMA

Physicians are being encouraged to consider co-prescribing naloxone, the overdose reversal medication, for patients on an opioid regiment, part of the nationwide effort to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic.

August 24, 2017
Facebook, Twitter and Google's leading lawyers are scheduled to appear before the Senate and House intelligence committees and the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Capitol Hill insiders anticipate they firms will reveal more detail about the historic breach as a way to cool lawmakers' desire to heavily monitor their largely unregulated industry. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Are you depressed? Google it

Google entered the realm of public health awareness to help people determine if they are clinically depressed, launching a questionnaire on Thursday in response to the query: Am I depressed?

August 24, 2017
Members of Iraq's minority Yazidi community want justice for Islamic State terrorists for acts like the kidnapping of young women such as Nazdar Murat. However, human rights activists remain frustrated with delays by the Iraqi government. (Associated Press)

Islamic State war crimes see prosecutorial delays in Iraq

Many in the international community agree the Islamic State has carried out war crimes in northern Iraq, but human rights activists say bureaucratic bungling by the Iraqi central government has delayed the prospect of international criminal trials against the terror group's captured operatives.

August 23, 2017
In this July 20, 2015, file photo, a member of the Cuban honor guard stands next to a new plaque at the front door of the newly reopened Cuban Embassy in Washington. The State Department has expelled two diplomats from Cuba’s Embassy in Washington following a series of unexplained incidents in Cuba that left U.S. officials there with physical symptoms. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File, Pool)

U.S. diplomats suffered brain injuries from ‘acoustic attacks’ in Havana: Report

An acoustic attack on U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Cuba is "unprecedented," State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Wednesday, after revelations that American employees have suffered severe health problems including mild brain injury and damage to the central nervous system believed to have come from exposure inaudible high-pitch sound.

August 23, 2017
In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 file photo, Merck scientist Janet Lineberger conducts research to discover new HIV drugs in West Point, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE**

Researchers evaluate Maraviroc, a new drug to prevent HIV

Researchers are working to add another tool in the prevention of HIV transmission for women, completing a phase 2 trial for an alternative pre-exposure prophylaxis drug for women at high risk for contracting the incurable virus.

August 22, 2017
Janie Funai, left, of Mechanicsville, Va., plays "Candy Crush" on her phone while waiting with her children Emma, 16, center, and Ben, 25, for a flight at Richmond International Airport, Thursday. Feb. 13, 2014. They arrived around 5 a.m. with Ben to catch a 6:55 a.m. flight which was canceled. They were waiting to board a flight to Charlotte, N.C. Ben is on his way to Las Vegas to see a performance by Britney Spears. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, P. Kevin Morley)

Company ranks which apps make users happy, unhappy

While a growing body of research links increased screen time on smartphones with a decrease in mental health, one company sought to answer if any smartphone apps directly contribute to unhappiness.

August 22, 2017
This undated photo provided by Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., shows Eva Echevarria. A Los Angeles jury on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to Echevarria, a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene. The verdict in the lawsuit brought marks the largest sum awarded in a series of talcum powder lawsuit verdicts against Johnson & Johnson in courts around the U.S. (Robinson Calcagnie, Inc. via AP)

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417M to cancer patient Eva Echevarria

Johnson and Johnson, a name synonymous with gentle bath products, was assessed $417 million in damages by a Los Angeles jury on Monday after the company was found liable in a case charging that they failed to highlight the dangers of their talc powder and its link to cancer, The Los Angeles Times reported.

August 22, 2017

Rex Tillerson confirms one American dead in Barcelona terrorist attacks

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson on Friday confirmed that one American had died in the terrorist attacks in Barcelona yesterday, among the 14 people killed and over 100 injured in multiple attacks that included a car ramming at the crowd on the popular tourist destination of Las Ramblas.

August 18, 2017
This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. A report found drug overdose deaths among U.S. teens inched up in 2015 after years of decline. The report was released on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) ** FILE **

Opioids fuel hike in teen overdose deaths

The death rate for teenagers who overdose on drugs has increased 19 percent within a one year period and while the majority of deaths were unintentional, young females were twice as more likely to commit suicide by overdose than males.

August 16, 2017
In this May 8, 2014 file photo, an overweight is seen in New York. International diabetes organizations are calling for weight-loss surgery to become a more routine treatment option for diabetes, even for some patients who are only mildly obese. Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are a deadly pair, and numerous studies show stomach-shrinking operations can dramatically improve diabetes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

No such thing as ‘fat but fit,’ researchers say

European researchers studying over 500,000 individuals found that any instance of being overweight contributed to an increased risk of coronary heart disease, regardless if the individual is in good metabolic health.

August 16, 2017
FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2014 file photo, The National Institutes of Health Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Scientists studying herpes discover potential broad-spectrum antiviral

Scientists studying the infection of the Herpes virus stumbled upon the potential for a broad-spectrum antiviral solution, that can suppress the common sexually transmitted infection but has the potential to offer relief for a wide range of infections, including the Zika virus.

August 15, 2017
In two medical studies published this week, researchers say there isn't enough data to evaluate the benefits between treating chronic pain and PTSD with medical marijuana. (Associated Press)

Researchers: Pot, PTSD care data insufficient

Two medical studies published Monday in a peer-reviewed journal conclude that there is insufficient data from previous research to evaluate the benefits of medical marijuana in treating chronic pain and post traumatic stress disorder.

August 15, 2017
In this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo, a marijuana bud is seen before harvesting at a rural area near Corvallis, Ore. Oregon and other legalized states are trying to curtail this diversion of pot grown legally into the black market, as the federal government considers more aggressive enforcement in those states. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

Marijuana, PTSD treatment data is insufficient, say researchers

Two medical studies published Monday in a peer-reviewed journal conclude that there is insufficient data from previous research to evaluate the benefits of medical marijuana in treating chronic pain and post traumatic stress disorder.

August 14, 2017