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New research investigating the devastating impact of the 2017 flu season by PAEDS-FluCAN, a national collaboration observing influenza in children, confirmed it was time to take action after thousands of children were hospitalised with the virus last year.
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.
A new study has confirmed the changing pattern of meningococcal disease in Western Australia.
A series of The Kids Research Institute Australia studies looking at safety for Meningococcal ACWY vaccines in children has led the way for its use in Australia.
In 2010, a large number of children experienced febrile convulsions after receiving the FluVax vaccination and many parents began to question its safety.
For more than a decade, The Kids Research Institute Australia and Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research have been fighting against killer infectious diseases.
Are you pregnant or planning to have a baby? There are important vaccinations that you should consider to protect your health and the health of your baby.
On Monday May 30, The Kids Research Institute Australia held a free public seminar on vaccination, hearing from paediatricians and infectious disease researchers.
Consumers and community members are invited to join us to provide input into our childhood infectious diseases research.
We all know how important it is to vaccinate a child against harmful diseases but vaccinating a child at the right wrong age can cost lives.