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Mary Ann Benitez
Mary Ann Benitez
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Mary Ann Benitez is a veteran award-winning journalist. She has worked in print, TV and online. She covered health, welfare and ethnic minorities issues in Hong Kong for the Post until 2019.

Takeshi Kasai, the World Health Organisation's new regional director, says disease is now like the flu, as officials in the United States give first vaccine their approval.

An outbreak of measles that has infected thousands of people across Asia and continues to spread is sparking concerns in Hong Kong about the preparedness of travellers, especially over the recent Easter holiday.

Health authorities in the Philippines face an uphill battle against potentially fatal infectious diseases because of distrust in an immunisation programme after a controversial vaccine, Dengvaxia, was blamed for several deaths.

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Second International Summit of Human Genome Editing, which opens on Tuesday at HKU, will make formal statement at the close of the meeting. Organising committee says it was not aware of experiments by Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who will speak at the summit.

Children are going hungry as families struggle to make ends meet as head of Council of Social Service warns of threat of intergenerational poverty if government does not address issues that have made 1.37 million destitute.

Against Child Abuse report says NGO handled 1,289 calls about potential incidents between April 2017 and March 2018, as organisation’s acting director calls for ban on smacking in the home.

Group cites survey showing parents prefer such an option, but health officials counter there is no evidence it is more effective than traditional jabs.

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Manila wants to impose additional insurance requirement on those heading abroad for work, and helpers fear it will be themselves rather than employers who end up footing the bill.

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Asian Migrants Coordinating Body welcomes inclusion of support for workers in Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s policy address, and urges immediate action on wages and living conditions.

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The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society says the length of time to be seen by a doctor could be contributing to lower survival rate for some cancers in the city.

Facility in Zhejiang province is part of HKU’s efforts to step up research presence across the border, starting with microsatellite set for lift-off next year.