The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has launched their sixth edition of Staying healthy: Preventing infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services in a bid to tackle the transmission of germs amongst young kids. ...

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• 2024
• August

Vital research promoting sun smart choices and skin cancer prevention for young Aboriginal people is now underway at Telethon Kids Institute thanks to a $100,000 Perpetual 2024 IMPACT Philanthropy grant. ...

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• 2024
• July

Despite national and global reports of rising incidences of cancer affecting children and young people, a new analysis has found rates of childhood cancer have remained unchanged over the last 30 years in South Australia and the Northern Territory. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2024
• June

A team led by Dr Joseph Kado from the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, based at Telethon Kids Institute, and The University of Western Australia (UWA) has been awarded $5 million by the Federal Government in a major push to prevent rheumatic heart disease across the Pacific. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2024
• June

A world-first study involving more than 100 cancer researchers and clinicians across Australia – including from Telethon Kids Institute and Perth Children’s Hospital – has shown that precision medicine can significantly improve outcomes for children with high-risk cancer. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2024
• June