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Introduction of peanuts and eggs before children turn one helps to prevent food allergy, a new global report has confirmed. Image: Dr Victoria Soriano The paper published in Pediatrics, is the first of its kind to compare all the existing evidence on introducing solids and allergenic
The Murdoch Children's Research Institute has welcomed the opening of the first genomics mission competitive grants round to focus on research into cancers, children's illnesses and diseases with low survival rates.The $65 million competitive grants are part of the $500 million Australian Genomics
An immunology researcher focused on creating new vaccines to tackle bacteria that cause intestinal illnesses has been selected as the inaugural Ruth Bishop Fellow. Dr Nancy Wang was awarded the new five-year fellowship, the result of a collaboration between Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Dr Jocelyn Chan is a PhD student within the Pneumococcal Research group at MCRI, which is part of our Infection and Immunity theme. What are you aiming to achieve through your research?Australia is very lucky to have high rates of childhood vaccination. Because of this, we benefit from something
Vaccine hesitancy is now an issue of global concern. Parental concerns about the safety, efficacy and necessity of vaccines are increasing as exposure to vaccine preventable diseases decreases in Australia and other developed countries. These concerns are also driven by the increasing complexity of
This article orginally appeared on The Conversation. Babies conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) mostly grow up to be healthy adults and compare well to those conceived naturally, according to research my colleagues and published in the journal Fertility and Sterility in 2014. There are
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Meet Professor Julie Bines, discussing rotavirus research at Murdoch Children's Research Institute.
An Australian pilot study involving 896 families has found that paediatricians embedded into GP clinics reduced emergency department referrals and unnecessary prescriptions. The program, run in north west Melbourne, also boosted GP's confidence in treating common childhood conditions. The study
Australia’s COVID vaccine roll-out started slowly, with supply shortages and logistical shortcomings. Once it got going, we immunised more than 95% of the population. This week’s COVID inquiry report contains a number of recommendations to improve Australia’s vaccine preparedness the next
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