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24 June 2025

Last week, the Australian Government announced a new National Immunisation Strategy for 2025–30. This...

18 June 2025

A Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI)-led project to better understand the origins of...

13 June 2025

Associate Professor Maria McCarthy has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours List for her...

11 June 2025

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have joined...

30 May 2025

The global measles outbreak must trigger an urgent debate into whether a vaccine should be recommended...

28 May 2025

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Professor Daniel MacArthur and Dr Sylvia Metcalfe have been...

23 May 2025

Families can wait years for a diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder, but a new test can provide answers in...

23 May 2025

Triggered by hormonal changes in the brain and body, puberty marks a physical transformation. Oestrogen and...

21 May 2025

MCRI Chief Scientist Professor Melissa Little AC has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for her...

21 May 2025

Poor mental health, rising obesity rates, exposure to violence and climate change are among the key...

20 May 2025

A new frontier into advancing treatments for children and adults with bone marrow failure, leukaemia and...

14 May 2025

So what is the role of the appendix, and in what circumstances can it rupture? Here’s what you need to...

13 May 2025

Improving treatments for heart failure, bone marrow failure disorders, blood cancers and kidney disease are...

12 May 2025

Professor Constanze Bonifer has received the Donald Metcalf Award by the International Society for...

09 May 2025

Associate Professor Amanda Gwee has been awarded a $3 million Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant from...

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King's Birthday honour for Associate Professor Maria McCarthy

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