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Researchers have worked with communities to come up with a tangible, practical legacy to improve the policy architecture and clinical approaches to drinking during pregnancy
Coconut oil has been used on premature babies to help fight off deadly infections. Researchers are now hoping to prove it is effective for other conditions as well.
Between 1989 and 1991, almost 3,000 WA babies were recruited to the Raine Study - an ambitious research project which would yield a series of paradigm-shifting findings that changed scientific thinking. Three decades on, it has also changed the lives of those taking part.
A legal change fought for by The Kids, consumer advocates, and others within the health sector – and hastened by the COVID-19 crisis – has brought WA into line with the rest of Australia, allowing critically ill or incapacitated patients access to potentially life-saving clinical trials.
An international clinical trial led by The Kids Research Institute Australia Cancer Centre is trialling a drug which could increase cure rates for aggressive forms of childhood brain cancer.
A global network of researchers and clinicians, co-led by The Kids’ Professor Graham Hall, has transformed international best practice in identifying low lung function and diagnosing and treating lung disease.
For children with Austin Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it can be hard to enjoy the simple pleasures of art, but the development of an ASD guide is helping to share the wonders of art with all.
Leaders in the not-for-profit, research, philanthropy and business sectors have joined forces to shine a light on the human and economic benefits of early support for Australian children.
One in eight children have asthma, a chronic disease of the airways in the lungs. It results in shortness of breath, chest tightness, wheezing and coughing.
The following maps highlight the Indigenous suicide rate trends over time (from 2001 to 2012) in different regions of Australia.