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Even in the safety of their home, there are many risky places a child or teenager can visit online.

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Our skin, the body’s largest organ, protects us and maintains overall health. Untreated recurring skin infections like impetigo and scabies severely impact children. The Kids is at the forefront of combatting skin infections, particularly within remote Aboriginal communities experiencing some of the world’s highest rates.

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Understanding the geospatial distribution of influenza infection and the risk factors associated with infection clustering can inform targeted preventive interventions. We conducted a geospatial analysis to investigate the spatial patterns and identify drivers of medically attended influenza infection across all age groups in Western Australia.

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Reading to your child is one of the easiest, most enjoyable activities you can do as a parent or caregiver.

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The new Future Health and Research Innovation Fund will be transformative for health and medical research in Western Australia.

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Australia’s first needle-free, gene-based COVID-19 vaccine study will be spear-headed in WA by The Kids Research Institute Australia thanks to almost $6 million in Coronavirus Research Response funding announced by Health Minister Greg Hunt.

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As thousands of West Australian school leavers pack their bags for a week of celebration to mark the end of their school journey this weekend, it can be an anxious time for parents.

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A study revealing significant levels of language difficulty among detainees at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre underscores the need for more support for young people trying to navigate the justice system, The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers say.

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The Kids Research Institute Australia has long been recognised for the research it produces. But the way the Institute collaborates with the community – asking what they most want or need to know about and tailoring research to deliver those outcomes – is also leading the way.

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Twenty-year-old Emma Wignell, a proud member of The Kids Research Institute Australia Youth Advisory Committee, was one of the dozens of young Western Australians involved in the community conversations which helped shape the State’s first Youth Health Policy.