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Researchers discover two treatments that induce peanut allergy remission in children

An Australian research team – led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and including researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital and The University of Western Australia – has discovered two peanut allergy treatments for children that are both highly effective at induc

COVID tests well tolerated by WA school kids

A study conducted across 40 WA schools has found COVID-19 testing using a combined nose and throat swab was well tolerated by children as young as 4 years.

HEAL network to tackle health impacts of climate change

Teams from The Kids Research Institute Australia and The University of Western Australia will lead the WA arm of a transformational national research network grounded in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge

The Kids Cancer Researcher wins prestigious Cancer Council WA award

The Kids Research Institute Australia cancer researcher, Dr Jason Waithman, has been named Cancer Council WA’s 2021 Cancer Researcher of the Year.

THINKING BIG @The Kids Research Institute Australia

We want to hear from people across the WA community - about the big issues and concerns facing our children, young people, and their families. Share your voice and views to help guide our research for happy, healthy kids.

Sibling’s likelihood of autism diagnosis impacted by age gap, study finds

The Curtin University research in collaboration with The Kids Research Institute Australia, published in Autism Research, investigated more than 925,000 births in Denmark, Finland and Sweden.

WA health experts say junk food and sugary drink sponsorships have no place in sport

WA’s peak public health and medical experts have united in their call to end the sponsorship of sport by junk food companies.

How the pandemic has shaped the mental health of our kids

The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers went into 79 WA primary and secondary schools in 2020.

School routes swimming in junk food ads

Perth children are being exposed to thousands of junk food ads every year on their way to and from school, a study led by The Kids Research Institute Australia has found.