06 June 2023

Students’ blood pressure checked at school to help lower heart disease risk

Primary school students’ blood pressure will be checked in the classroom under a pilot program to help...

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02 June 2023

Link between food allergies and eating disorders shown in children

Children having to follow restrictive diets due to their food allergy has been linked to an increased risk...

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29 May 2023

World Health Organization adopts recommendation to increase access to medical oxygen

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended increasing access to medical oxygen to strengthen...

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26 May 2023

Children with achondroplasia to benefit from life changing treatment added to PBS

The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has welcomed the news that children born with the most common...

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25 May 2023

Students unite to raise awareness about allergies in memory of classmates

Schools across Melbourne have united to raise awareness about allergies in honour of two students who died...

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23 May 2023

Vale Mr Laurie Cox AO

Laurie Cox AO, a visionary Australian businessman and previous Chairman of Murdoch Children’s Research...

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18 May 2023

Melbourne team first to recreate bone development in the lab

reNEW researchers have recreated, for the first time, the process for developing and growing long bones in...

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12 May 2023

Most children with COVID-19 don’t require hospital treatment

Most children with COVID-19 in Australia don’t require hospital treatment, according to a new study,...

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11 May 2023

Global study shows promising results for young children with peanut allergies

A study has found after one year of wearing a Viaskin Peanut epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT) patch, that...

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05 May 2023

Need to better understand childhood concussion, inquiry hears

A Parliamentary Senate Inquiry into concussion has heard about the need to better understand childhood head...

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28 April 2023

Fewer vaccine doses can support pneumococcal immunity in babies

Fewer doses of a vaccine that protects against meningitis and pneumonia can still provide a level of...

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27 April 2023

BCG vaccine does not protect against COVID-19 in healthcare workers

A world-leading international trial into the immune boosting benefits of the tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, has...

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24 April 2023

World-first child health study reaches recruitment milestone

A world-first study tracking the health and wellbeing of Victorians, from birth to old age, has delivered a...

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21 April 2023

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute partners with Cotton On Kids to support a good night’s sleep

For decades, Murdoch Children’s has been helping families get the sleep they need for healthy...

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19 April 2023

Children with COVID-19 treated safely at home, helping to take burden off hospitals

Children with COVID-19 can be treated safely at home, helping to take the burden off the hospital system,...

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