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News in the Community - Celebrating 40 years of impact 2026

Celebrating 40 Years of Impact tells the story of Murdoch Children’s Research...

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Melbourne Children’s Campus Mental Health Strategy 2021–2026

Over five years, the Mental Health Strategy delivered significant developments across...

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Concussion Essentials (HeadCheck) app improves concussion care

While many sports modify rules to reduce contact among younger players, one in five...

RV3-BB rotavirus vaccine could save millions of babies worldwide

In 1973 Melbourne, Professor Ruth Bishop identified rotavirus as the cause of severe...

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Reducing the impact of COVID-19 on children and families

COVID‑19 continues to circulate globally, with intermittent surges and evolving...

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Teaching babies to sleep is safe and improves parent wellbeing

Better sleep for babies starts with evidence-based solutions. Over one-third struggle to...

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On a mission to wipe out scabies worldwide

Around 200 million people worldwide are affected by scabies at any one time, with an...

Test saves lives by monitoring bone marrow transplants

Bone marrow transplants replace diseased or cancerous bone marrow with healthy bone...

Heel prick test now detects more medical conditions

Diagnosing newborns with rare but serious medical conditions enables early intervention...

Kidney models pave the way to better treatments

Approximately 1.7 million Australians have kidney disease. The potential toxicity of new...

Hope for children with hearing loss

Hearing loss affects up to three in every 1000 newborns. It is the most common...

On the track to curing food allergies

Peanut allergy is the most common cause of the life-threatening allergic reaction...

New therapy boosts bone growth in dwarfism

Achondroplasia is the most common type of dwarfism and affects about one in 25,000...