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Mothers eating a diet rich in peanuts while breastfeeding might be helping to reduce their baby’s risk of developing a peanut allergy – that’s the hypothesis of a new clinical trial that has been granted $2.29 million in funding by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

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A project that aims to understand and support the mental health of Australians with complex gender-affirmation experiences has received the $150,000 Embrace Big Idea Grant for 2024.

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Australia’s biggest longitudinal study following the health and wellbeing of children from their conception through to childhood, has welcomed its 10,000th and final participant.

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A team of world-leading scientists has secured $5 million in funding from the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Society to advance the fight against leukaemia in children with Down syndrome.

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The Australian Government has appointed the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Council for 2024 to 2027.

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

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West Australian children as young as Year 3 are now turning up to school in masks, presenting a new challenge for kids, parents and schools.

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The ARC Centre of Excellence will conduct world-leading research to investigate new ways of tackling entrenched social and economic disadvantage.

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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.

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Promising results from an Australian-led clinical trial could drastically change the way we care for young children with cystic fibrosis (CF).