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Children having to follow restrictive diets due to their food allergy has been linked to an increased risk of eating disorders. The first investigation of its kind to explore the prevalence of...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended increasing access to medical oxygen to strengthen global health systems and provide the essential medicine to everyone who needs it. The WHO...

The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has welcomed the news that children born with the most common form of dwarfism, achondroplasia, will have access to a new life-changing treatment on the...

Schools across Melbourne have united to raise awareness about allergies in honour of two students who died following an allergic reaction. Max McKenzie, 15, of Camberwell Grammar School (CGS) and...

Laurie Cox AO, a visionary Australian businessman and previous Chairman of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, died peacefully after a long illness on Sunday 21st May 2023.  Known for his...

Dr Leanne Rees has been awarded the QUT Alan Mackay-Sim Spinal Cord Injury Travelling Fellowship, which aims to improve clinical outcomes and quality of life for people with a spinal cord injury. Dr ...

Researchers from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute have received a $100,000 donation from The Gillin Boys Foundation to support research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). On Thursday 11...

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Murdoch Children’s Research Institute researchers have secured prestigious United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants worth a combined $11.8 million to advance research into how...

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute PhD candidate Ms Lottie Morison (pictured below) has been awarded a Batten Disease Research Grant for $13,950 to help improve the quality of life of children...

Authors: Cristyn Davies, University of Sydney; Cris Townley, Western Sydney University; Ken Pang, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Kerry H. Robinson, Western Sydney University, and Rachel...

From the moment William Pearce (pictured below) had his first cardiac arrest, his life has largely been in the hands of others. William was diagnosed as a newborn with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a ...

Childhood cancer affects the lives of young people all over the world, regardless of their family background or upbringing. Presently, more than 80 per cent of children in high-income countries have...

Ollie has run out of enough fingers and toes to count how many times he’s been rushed to the emergency department after having an asthma attack. The three-year-old has been admitted to hospital 48...

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed on Saturday, February 11, 2023, celebrates the essential role that women and girls play in science and technology and promotes their full ...