COVID-19 response

Murdoch Children's is tackling COVID-19 for kids and families

The immediate priority of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is to understand how we can mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the health and wellbeing of children and the community – now and into the future.

At Murdoch Children's, we recognise the difficulties parents faced when supporting children and adolescents during lockdown and isolation. Over the last few years, our children and young people experienced huge restrictions in their capacity to socialise, learn, play and develop.

Our ongoing response to COVID-19 draws upon the breadth and depth of our COVID-19 research and our deep understanding of children, young people, families and their communities.

As COVID-19 evolves towards a transition point, Murdoch Children’s strives toward improving the global understanding of the effects of the virus.

Find out how we're working to fight COVID-19

Our COVID-19 kids research program

Children are at our heart. Our COVID-19 kids research program is creating the robust evidence we need to understand, treat and prevent COVID-19, and its impacts on kids.

Explore COVID-19 kids research

Kids, parents and carers

Right now, we’re all worried and have many questions. Our experts are bringing you evidence-based answers on schools, early learning, mental health, development and more.

Information for kids, parents and carers

COVID-19 latest news

Just like the news right now, our research is moving fast. Keep up to date with everything about our work on treatments and what we’re doing to support the future of every child.

Read the latest COVID-19 news