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Community advocate jumps on board with new COVID-19 advisory group

Like many of us, consumer and community advocate Catherine Hughes is worried about the impact of COVID-19. So she joined Australia’s first COVID-19 consumer reference group to be a voice for the community.

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Rapidly assembled advisory group to offer community take on COVID-19 research

The speed with which research projects on the coronavirus have been put together has consumer advocates concerned that a vital voice will be missing – that of the community.

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RSV and influenza detections hit record low levels in 2020

Western Australia has experienced historically low levels of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza this winter due to the public health measures implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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New meningococcal strains bring increased risk in WA

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

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SYMBA study boosted by WA Child Research Fund

ORIGINS' SYMBA study awarded State Government grant to extend vital research into allergies

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Telethon Institute joins international effort to improve early nutrition and long term health

The Kids for Child Health Research will join more than 50 scientists from 36 research institutions around the world to improve early nutrition

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Researchers narrow down field of new treatments for most common childhood brain cancer

Cancer researchers have narrowed-down the field of immunotherapy drugs which could be used to tackle a form of childhood brain cancer.

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Why timing matters: How tumours respond to immunotherapy treatments over time

Researchers have identified key differences between cancers that respond to immunotherapy and those that do not.