Healthcare worker holding hand of young boy.
18 May 2022

Anti-parasitic drug prevents bacterial complications of scabies on mass scale

An anti-parasitic drug, delivered on a mass scale, can prevent potentially dangerous...

Person using a stethoscope on the chest of a laughing infant.
11 May 2022

Potential pathway linking infant infections to cardiovascular disease risk

Melbourne researchers have discovered a potential pathway linking early life infections...

03 May 2022

Researchers discover pathways to severe COVID-19 in children

Researchers have discovered the blood clotting and immune protein pathways that are...

28 April 2022

First global standards to help diagnose and manage most common type of dwarfism

The first global standards to help diagnose and manage achondroplasia - the most common...

27 April 2022

Funding for research to improve premature babies’ quality of life

Researchers at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute have received funding for vital...

22 April 2022

Grant to advance research into new childhood neurological disease

A Murdoch Children's Research Institute project has received funding to advance research...

07 April 2022

Five childhood risk factors predict heart attacks and strokes in adulthood

Five childhood risk factors that predict stroke and heart attacks in adulthood have been...

06 April 2022

New WHO guide to support child and adolescent health in humanitarian disasters

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a Murdoch Children's Research Institute...

Maeve with her mum Sarah
01 April 2022

Maeve’s Law for mitochondrial donation passes historic Senate vote

31 March 2022

National Allergy Centre of Excellence established to prevent and manage allergies

Australians and their families living with allergy, along with healthcare providers,...

21 March 2022

New national agency to advance genomic medicine

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) director Professor Kathryn North says a new...

Ethics of paediatric genomics
19 March 2022

Ethics of Paediatric Genomics Symposium

This event is finished. Watch video recordings from the symposium or Download the...

09 March 2022

Immune discovery could aid vaccine development for common cause of sore throat

Researchers have made a discovery that could aid in developing a vaccine for a common...

09 March 2022

Historically low rates of prenatal diagnostic testing in Victoria

Victoria has achieved historically low rates of prenatal diagnostic testing due to...

08 March 2022

Young people sought for project to improve treatment of endometriosis and period and pelvic pain

More than 3000 young Australians are being recruited for a project that aims to improve...