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The Heart Foundation has given $2.8 million to infectious disease researchers, who are developing a vaccine against strep A, the highly contagious bacteria that causes 350,000 deaths annually through rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Griffith University has developed two potential strep A vaccines
Researchers and health professionals have produced the first rehabilitation guidelines in Australia to help children who have had a stroke*. Somewhere between 100 to 300 Australian children suffer a stroke every year. Associate Professor Mark MacKay, from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Most women dramatically reduce their alcohol intake on learning they are pregnant, but by the time their child is five they are back to their pre-pregnancy drinking levels, a new international study has found. The research, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, reported little change
The Murdoch Children's Research Institute based in Melbourne will be a key partner in a $35 million national consortium formed to fast track a vaccine against Strep A, the highly contagiousbacterium that causes around 500,000 deaths every year. The Federal Minister for Indigenous Health, Ken
An international study led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) has made a breakthrough in identifying a potential cause of the most severe child speech impediment apraxia. One in 1,000 children has apraxia, but understating the origins of this debilitating speech disorder has until now
New research has found that giving young babies a general anaesthetic has no lasting impact on their brain development or behaviour. The study, published in the latest Lancet journal, looked at the effects of having surgery under an awake local anaesthetic compared to a general anaesthetic in 722
New research has found that disadvantaged children would get a better start to life if maternal and child health nurses regularly visited their homes in the first two years to help their mothers improve parenting skills. A team of Australian researchers has developed a new early
MCRI's Professor Melissa Little was presented with an honorary doctorate from Leiden University in Amsterdam on Friday, 8 February at a ceremony celebrating the university's 444th birthday.Prof Little was recognised for her "exceptional research into potential regenerative therapies for chronic
Many children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are missing out on assessment and treatment according to new research by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Contrary to popular perceptions, the study of early to mid-primary school aged children across Melbourne found only
MCRI researcher Hamish Graham has been awarded the inaugural $20,000 CSL Florey Next Generation Award for top PhD candidate in health and biomedical sciences. Dr Graham has won the award for this work in Nigeria, improving children's access to oxygen. He believes that targeted oxygen therapy
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