Vital research aiming to improve the treatment of potentially deadly Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) has been awarded $820,000 in the latest round of National Health and Medicine Research Council’s Ideas Grants. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2023
• January

A first-of-its-kind national study looking at the optimal COVID-19 vaccination strategies for children and adolescents is set to begin at Perth’s Telethon Kids Institute thanks to a $3.8 million funding injection from the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2022
• August

Thousands of children born in Papua New Guinea (PNG) no longer face a future cut short by severe pneumonia, thanks to the introduction of pneumococcal vaccination as part of the country’s National Immunisation Program. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2022
• March

Researchers using powerful microscopes have identified bacterial slime in the lungs of some children with persistent wet coughs. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2022
• February

Babies worldwide could have access to life-saving influenza vaccinations from just eight weeks of age thanks to researchers at Telethon Kids Institute and the generous support of the Telethon community. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2020
• July