A dose of the whooping cough vaccine might reduce cases of childhood food allergies according to latest research by the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases based at Telethon Kids Institute. ...

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• 2020
• January

One of Australia’s leading infectious disease experts, Associate Professor Asha Bowen, has been announced as a finalist for the country’s leading national science awards – the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. ...

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• 2020
• September

Two leading Telethon Kids Institute researchers will use more than $1.1 million in National Health and Medical Research Council funding to improve outcomes for some of the world’s most vulnerable children and young people. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2018
• August

As many as a quarter of Australian babies aren’t getting vaccinated on time, leaving them at risk of developing life-threatening illnesses such as whooping cough when they are most vulnerable. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2018
• June

A new study has confirmed the changing pattern of meningococcal disease in Western Australia. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2017
• November