A pregnant woman
24 April 2025

Safeguarding community trust in maternal vaccines

Pregnant women’s attitudes towards receiving the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...

A concussed child with an ice pack on their head, being attended to by a doctor and their mother
22 April 2025

New children’s concussion clinic study to help recovery

A pilot concussion clinic for children has opened at Murdoch Children’s Research...

A gender diverse adolescent
09 April 2025

World first scale to measure gender euphoria among trans community

Melbourne researchers have developed a world first scale to measure gender euphoria...

researcher in lab
03 April 2025

International stem cell consortium reNEW releases 2024 Annual Report

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW) , led by Murdoch...

A child with appendix pain, possibly appendicitis
21 March 2025

Almost half of children with complicated appendicitis can recover from surgery at home

Almost half of children who require surgery for complicated appendicitis can safely...

A woman with hay fever sneezing into a tissue
20 March 2025

New trial aims to reduce hay fever symptoms for young people

A new trial is aiming to reduce symptoms and improve the quality of life of young...

Two medical researchers in a lab
07 March 2025

New discovery and grant to accelerate Strep A vaccine efforts

Researchers have discovered how antibodies help to protect against contagious bacterial...

A child eating an apple
04 March 2025

A third of children worldwide forecast to be obese or overweight by 2050

Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide...

Two parents holding their child
03 March 2025

Bold vision to transform the health and wellbeing of children in Australia

Two of the largest studies of their kind in Australia have a bold vision to come...

A child has their heart checked by a doctor
28 February 2025

Transforming clinical care for children with rare genetic diseases

Global partnerships that embed scientific research into clinical care are...

A child receives oxygen
18 February 2025

Global action needed to solve the medical oxygen crisis

Targets for universal access, national roadmaps and more affordable and accessible care...

A pharmacist speaks with three children
13 February 2025

Upskilling pharmacists in child health care

Pharmacists in Australia will be upskilled to provide advice to families on some of the...

The Royal Children's Hospital interior, where MCRI is located
06 February 2025

Care for trans and gender diverse children and young people

The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute are...

A woman holding a preterm baby
24 January 2025

Hep B vaccine does not increase risk of chronic lung disease in preterm babies

Preterm babies who receive a hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine at birth aren’t at...

Vale Professor Glenn Bowes AO
22 January 2025

Vale Professor Glenn Bowes AO

We are greatly saddened by the loss of Professor Glenn Bowes AO, Emeritus Professor of...