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Curtin honour for The Kids Research Institute Australia DirectorThe Kids Research Institute Australia Director Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM has been made an Honorary Doctor of Medicine by Curtin University in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the local, national and international field of medicine and healthcare.
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A virus all pregnant women should know aboutMost mums-to-be have never heard of CMV and the impact it can have on their unborn baby.
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Detention is no place for any childThe Kids Research Institute Australia is supporting calls for the urgent release of Biloela family from held detention.
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Keeping your kids moving during WA’s hard lockdownWestern Australia’s sudden hard lockdown came without warning and unlike when COVID-19 first kept us at home last year, there are now rules on how long we can spend exercising outside.
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Back to school anxiety: How to help your child transition into the new school yearIt is natural for children to feel anxious about what a new school year will bring. Here's how to help make the first days and weeks easier on your child and the whole family.
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Parent of a year 7 student? Why now is the best time to talk to your child about drinkingYear 7 is a time of big change and challenges - and it's also the best time to start talking about alcohol.
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Tackling allergy prevention in early lifeThe Childhood Allergy and Immunology Research Team at The Kids Research Institute Australia are currently conducting four studies, through ORIGINS, investigating nutritional strategies in the diets of mothers and babies and how these may reduce the development of allergies.
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Child health and obesity the focus of international built environment studyResearch data from more than one million Australian and Welsh children will be examined to help better understand how the built environment affects child health and obesity, as part of an international research project to be co-led by The Kids Research Institute Australia.
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International COVID-19 ‘risk’ tool launched to reduce community transmissionThe Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have collaborated with global experts to launch an online tool designed to assess the risk of contracting COVID-19 and provide advice to reduce transmission.
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Child health research set to benefit from national grantsResearchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia have been awarded $4.6 million in national funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to help support child health research.