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A pilot clinical study has found an immunotherapy drug can dramatically increase survival rates for babies with a rare form of leukaemia, paving the way for a major international clinical trial.

In a world where TikTok dances and Minecraft adventures take centre stage, kids are spending more time online than ever before.

Imagine living with a condition that requires you to make approximately 180 health- related decisions every day for the rest of your life.

Life imitates art in a new project that seeks to entrench cultural safety for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into WA’s mental health system.

At just six months old, Tahlea Dalgety was flown from Geraldton to Perth with a slim chance of survival after contracting meningococcal disease.

For the first time this year, all Australian babies and children aged six months to four years will be entitled to have a free influenza vaccination.

Professor Jonathan Carapetis has made eliminating rheumatic heart disease his life’s work.

A bold research program is working to give young children lifelong protection against influenza

Despite respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) being the leading cause of hospitalisations in the first year of life, there is currently no routine preventative option for otherwise healthy babies.

Perth researchers discovered a naturally occurring virus living in the city’s waterways that could potentially fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs.