A child receives care in a hospital bed
27 September 2023
A new research centre based at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute will be established...

"Jillay wannik - Healthy pathway" By Dixon Patten, Yorta Yorta and Gunnai artist - Bayila Creative
25 September 2023
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has joined key national and Victorian health...

A muscle disease patient is holding a teddy bear
20 September 2023
An Australian first biobank will be established to improve and discover new treatments...

GenV family
12 September 2023
A world-first study tracking the health and wellbeing of Victorians, from birth to old...

Children on playground
06 September 2023
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has released a statement from the authors of the...

A baby being fed food
23 August 2023
Melbourne researchers can reveal for the first time how many babies have a cashew or...

A doctor checks a child for Strep A
23 August 2023
Australia has experienced an intense surge in severe Strep A cases, similar to the...

A child points to their arm after a COVID-19 vaccine
20 August 2023
COVID-19 vaccines are effective against severe cases of the disease in children and...

A mother holds her baby
16 August 2023
Rapid genome sequencing, that can detect rare genetic diseases within weeks, is highly...

Murdoch Children's Research Institute Annual Report 2022
09 August 2023

Woman and teenager smiling at camera
03 August 2023
Statement on the Voice by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute: This year, Australians...

25 July 2023
Having a food allergy as a baby is linked to asthma and reduced lung function later in...

Murdoch Children's researcher Dr Chantal Attard
18 July 2023
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute paediatric haematology researcher Dr Chantal...

T Cells
16 July 2023
Researchers have cracked how a particular type of immune cell develops in the body and...

A boy leans on a fence in a rural setting
06 July 2023
Wastewater monitoring could act as an early warning system to help countries better...