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Perth researchers are about to begin testing of a new vaccine to protect against swine flu in children.

Hundreds of healthy volunteers are needed in Perth to test the effectiveness of a current 'flu vaccine.

An Australian-developed vaccine that's been trialed in Perth has been found to produce a strong immune response against the H5N1 bird flu virus.

Perth children are being asked to volunteer for an important national study to test the effectiveness of an influenza vaccine in children.

Perth researchers are investigating a new combined vaccine to protect against three causes of potentially deadly bacterial meningitis.

The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers will lead a new national clinical trial (COSI-2) to determine whether topical coconut oil can reduce late onset sepsis in extremely preterm infants.

The Deborah Lehmann Research Award in Paediatric Infectious Disease Research is a funding mechanism to support the training and development of early- to mid-career researchers (EMCR) or Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students who are nationals from the Pacific Region working in or outside their hom

More children across Australia are being vaccinated against the flu since funding was expanded and access widened under the National Immunisation Program

Vaccines including conserved antigens from Streptococcus pneumoniae & nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae have the potential to reduce of otitis media.

Here we employ whole blood assays to evaluate human cytokine responses to 11 of these antigens, in comparison to known defined and crude antigen preparations.