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Congratulations to Associate Professor Asha Bowen, who has been awarded the 2022 Frank Fenner Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases.

New collaborative research involving almost 600,000 pregnant mothers has demonstrated a dramatic increase in uptake of the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine after identifying just 22 per cent of WA women had the maternal vaccination between 2012 – 2017.

Thousands of children born in Papua New Guinea (PNG) no longer face a future cut short by severe pneumonia, thanks to the introduction of pneumococcal vaccination as part of the country’s National Immunisation Program.

A The Kids Research Institute Australia ear health researcher has received a prestigious national fellowship to support her search for new therapies to improve the lives of kids who suffer repeat middle ear infections.

Researchers using powerful microscopes have identified bacterial slime in the lungs of some children with persistent wet coughs.

Researchers leading a study into COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy say a sub-group of people they’ve dubbed the ‘wait awhiles’

Top infectious disease experts in Australia will lead a clinical trial to determine whether combining different Covid-19 vaccines in the nation’s booster immunisation will increase effectiveness.

A The Kids researcher focused on ensuring kids are protected from infectious diseases will be named among WA’s most outstanding young scientists at the upcoming 2021 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.

The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers leading the Western Australian site of a global respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) study can now fine-tune development of a world-first vaccine for pregnant mothers.

Babies worldwide could have access to life-saving influenza vaccinations from just eight weeks of age thanks to researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia and the generous support of the Telethon community.