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WA, Queensland leading nation’s improvements in early childhood outcomesWestern Australia and Queensland are leading the nation when it comes to ensuring children have a good start at school, according to a study by researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia.
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Early years initiative off to strong startA 10-year agreement forged between the State Government, Minderoo Foundation and Telethon Kids Institute is well underway.
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Researchers unlock key to slowing leukaemia progression in kidsWhen three-year-old Flo Parker injured her hip on a camping trip five years ago, her parents thought it would be nothing more than a common childhood injury.
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What’s the difference between anxiety and depression?While depression and anxiety can have similar signs and symptoms, they also have some distinct features.
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How to tell if your baby is meeting their social and developmental milestonesPaediatrician and researcher Dr Lana Bell shares some important milestones for social development to look out for in the first year of life.
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Hon. Julie Bishop to join Human Vaccines Project boardThe Kids Research Institute Australia Chair Hon. Julie Bishop will join the international Human Vaccines Project’s Board of Directors on its mission to address the next frontier of human health – decoding the human immune system to transform how we prevent, diagnose and treat disease.
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This year for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we got to know the sarcoma research team at Telethon Kids.
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Help us build a new weapon in the fight against deadly fluAt just two years old, Lucy lost her fight against flu. With your generous help, we can finally beat influenza.
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Defining the microbes in the middle ear and upper respiratory tract that lead to recurrent ear infections – a metagenomic studyUsing the latest sequencing technology to examine the microbial composition of the middle ear & nasopharyngeal region, the site of initial colonization of OM